Over the past ten or so years, my 40-year old lignum vitae mallet has seemed
to dry out and is becoming increasingly brittle,
http://home.houston.rr.com/snaps/mallet.jpg Is there a way of
re-introducing some sort of wax or oil to the head of this puppy? I think
the warranty has expired and am not sure it will last another 40 years.

Doesn't look like lignum vitae to me.
Maybe that is the problem?

-j



"Bubba" wrote in message
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Over the past ten or so years, my 40-year old lignum vitae mallet has
seemed
to dry out and is becoming increasingly brittle,
http://home.houston.rr.com/snaps/mallet.jpg Is there a way of
re-introducing some sort of wax or oil to the head of this puppy? I think
the warranty has expired and am not sure it will last another 40 years.

In article , Bubba
wrote:

Is there a way of
re-introducing some sort of wax or oil to the head of this puppy?

No. It's totally impossible.

Pull the other one, it plays Jingle Bells...

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On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:13:18 GMT, "Bubba"
wrote:

Over the past ten or so years, my 40-year old lignum vitae mallet

That's not lignum vitae.

It's a drum mallet. They're a consumable item - just turn yourself a new
one. If you want a mallet to last, put the head on at right angles, so
that you're hammering on the end grain.

Suck it up and turn another one. I have made a couple of these from Maple
and Walnut. It is hard to take that first strike knowing the result. But
they are, at the end of the day, a tool and they end up looking kinda beat
up.

40 years isn't bad.

RonB

"RonB" wrote in message
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Suck it up and turn another one. I have made a couple of these from Maple
and Walnut. It is hard to take that first strike knowing the result.
But
they are, at the end of the day, a tool and they end up looking kinda beat
up.

40 years isn't bad.


PEG 1000.

In a vat for a few months in summer heat and you'll be better'n new, because
you'll also have a softened surface to eat up the vibration before it gets
to your elbow. I make all mine that way, and appreciate it after carving
two or three days in a row.

PEG 1000.

In a vat for a few months in summer heat and you'll be better'n new, because
you'll also have a softened surface to eat up the vibration before it gets
to your elbow. I make all mine that way, and appreciate it after carving
two or three days in a row.


That's exactly what I thought first thing, if it's LV, throw it in water for quite a while.
That don't look like LV though.

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"Bubba" wrote in message
...
Over the past ten or so years, my 40-year old lignum vitae mallet has
seemed
to dry out and is becoming increasingly brittle,
http://home.houston.rr.com/snaps/mallet.jpg Is there a way of
re-introducing some sort of wax or oil to the head of this puppy? I think
the warranty has expired and am not sure it will last another 40 years.



er --- will YOU last another 40 years? If not, don't worry about it.