<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td style='font: inherit;'><P>Hi Floyd,</P>
<P> </P>
<P>I just happen to have some very beautiful Lignum Vitae mallets, that a friend of mine turned, for sale. They are a little more money than one you can buy off the shelf or one you can make. However, they are incredible in terms of a forever tool. They are beautiful, functional and one of a kind, each one of them. The price is $75 and free shipping anywhere in the United States. Let me know if you would like to see some pictures and know more about them.</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Thanks</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Richard Black</P>
<P><A href="mailto:rblack5846@yahoo.com">rblack5846@yahoo.com</A></P>
<P> </P>
<P>PS: These are the real Lignum Vitae,not the stuff you see on the shelves today<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 5/8/08, Kratzer, Dave <I><Dave_Kratzer@wycliffe.org></I></B> wrote:<BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Kratzer, Dave <Dave_Kratzer@wycliffe.org><BR>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] To lathe or not to lathe.... that is the question<BR>To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver@six.pairlist.net><BR>Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 6:09 PM<BR><BR><PRE>Gentle Subscribers :-) Please support our List with a donation:
http://wwwoodcarver.com/WWWList/WWWList.html
Chris Pye likes this homemade one:
http://chrispye-woodcarving.com/toolshop/ts_mallet.html
/Dave
Dave Kratzer
http://www.kratzerkomments.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/dave_kratzer
http://www.wycliffe.org
"The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It never
needs a furlough, and is never considered a foreigner." --Cameron
Townsend
-----Original Message-----
From: woodcarver-bounces@six.pairlist.net
[mailto:woodcarver-bounces@six.pairlist.net] On Behalf Of Brigdon, Floyd
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:25 PM
To: [Woodcarver]
Subject: To lathe or not to lathe.... that is the question
Hey folks,
I have talked a little here recently about the fact that I have
been teaching myself to carve using mostly Flexcut tools. Well, here in
the next week or so, I am going to be able to upgrade to some full sized
tools (yay!) and so I find myself in the position of needing a good
carving mallet soon.
I was shopping around online, looking at different mallets, when I
received a book that I had ordered in the mail (Bill Judt's Relief
Carving: patterns, tips and techniques) which gave some basic
instructions for making your own mallet. Now I don't have any experience
with a lathe but I have a friend who owns one and the basic tools needed
to operate it and so my question to this august assemblage is this: is
it better/more practical to buy a mallet or to make one myself? And if I
make one, are there any sage words of advice that you might be able to
share with me?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Floyd Brigdon
http://mycarvingclub.com/FloydB
_______________________________________________
Woodcarver mailing list
Woodcarver@six.pairlist.net
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/woodcarver</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>
<hr size=1>Be a better friend, newshound, and
know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ "> Try it now.</a>