Talk:Mallet

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I've moved some material from Rubber mallet here, and redirected that entry.

Timpani isn't considered mallet percussion, so I've removed it from the list. Xilofonista (talk) im crazy,today i went to school.i i i i i i i dont know whatyghapdhenbcudbfugbeujdh./,mbfexeg (UTC) Wizardps (talk) 20:07, 14 June 2012 (UTC) Have you seen these Dual Faced Mallets they have a Std Black Face on one side and a Soft Rubber White Face on the other side which dont leave any marks on the work piece http://toolwizard.co.uk/index.php?menu=show2&title=%20-%20Double%20Faced%20Rubber%20Mallet%2016oz&viewlist=170

Further uses of mallets
The two most frequent uses I have found for mallets are:
 * Hammering tent pegs into the ground when camping (our article contains photos of rubber mallets);
 * Hammering (or removing) taps, spiles, bungs and occasionally other "woody bits" into (or from) ale casks. (Anyone working at a beer festival or employed in a pub or bar serving real ale will be aware of this.)

I'm not sure if either of these would be common enough to warrant inclusion in the article. For the first usage, rubber mallets are probably most suitable, for the second either rubber or wooden mallets can be used, although wooden may be slightly preferable. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 185.74.232.130 (talk) 14:57, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

21 year old trolled this page
I don't know enough about wiki to fix it. Near the end of the cartoon section:

On the British daytime shows it says that i am 21 years old now bitch

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Beetle
The beetle sections claims the hammer heads are 15-18 inches in diameter. Oak is 45 pounds per cubic foot, so even if that hammer head was only as long as it was wide, I calculate it would weight about 120 pounds. And that's just the head, not including the weight of the handle. With the possible exception of one wielded by Thor, I tagged that as dubious.

Even at the smallest size in the given range, 15" diameter and 15" long, the hammer head would weigh about 70 lbs.

The citation I added describes several sizes of beetles: "We have several beetle mallets around the shop all weighing in between 20 to 30 pounds, sized around 12″ x 12″ x 6″" and a larger one: "It was an oak beetle, weighing about 35 pounds." https://newenergyworks.com/blog/the-persuader-aka-beedle-mallet-hammer

I also find it dubious someone would use a 20-120 lbs beetle for "tapping" down pavers, and marked it as such. For reference: look up a video of Gallaghar smashing a watermelon with a beetle. Now imagine tripling the dimensions of that hammer head and trying to "tap" a fragile paver with it.

Also, I swear there used to be a wiki page on just beetles that included things named after the beetle... Or maybe I'm thinking of an article somewhere else. --Skintigh (talk) 01:52, 29 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I arrived at this page after trying to make sense of "Armed with beetles, rustic bruisers at work in a ring of chips and sawdust and trodden snow, banged the wedges home." (from "A Time of Gifts" by Patrick Leigh Fermor.) From this quotation it looks like a beetle is more like a sledgehammer, at least that's what I used last time I was hammering wedges into wood. Paul Clapham (talk) 01:30, 6 September 2022 (UTC)