When working with tin, as well as other sheet metal, it is recommended to use a rubber mallet. Its main advantage over conventional metal hammers is that it does not flatten the workpiece upon impact.
Of course, you can buy a rubber mallet in the store - it costs not so much. But if there is some free time and the necessary material, why not make it yourself?
As a main material for the manufacture of a rubber mallet, the master uses the spring chipper of a truck. And first, it will be necessary to grind the spring bump of a car on a lathe, giving it the desired shape.
Then, in the middle of the rubber head, the master drills the holes with a feather drill to make a slot under the wooden handle. After that, the eye is processed with a hand file.
The manufacturing process of a wooden handle for a mallet
At the next stage of work, it remains only to make a suitable handle for a rubber mallet. To do this, the master selects a suitable whetstone in size and cuts it with an ax.
After that, it will be necessary to process the wooden handle with sandpaper. It is also necessary to make a saw cut at the end to insert a wooden wedge. The handle is inserted into the eye and wedged by a wedge.
The detailed process of manufacturing a rubber mallet for working with thin sheet iron can be seen in the video on our website.
