First mallet. It’s a deadblow mallet with a hollow center and ball bearings inside.
This was my first project. First V-carve. Ash inner, walnut outer. My Dad was pretty chuffed with it (he’s Scottish so that means “pleased”).
Things I learned:
Grub screws need loctite! - during one of the walnut cuts the bit started veering into the piece. Emergency stop, research on the forum, dissassembly, loctite and reassembly, finish the cut, Epoxy the holes.
Drill holes for dowels are finicky - I still have a problem with this. I end up drilling them to the proper size with my drill. My sizing is good in Inkscape, my saved dxf file and Estlcam but the holes come out fractionally too small to put the dowel in. For the Han Solo table I made slots fractionally larger to make sure the boards fit. Not sure I had to but didn’t want to mess around with it.
Second and third mallets:
One of these was for me, the other for a friend who also made a Roubo table last year. A lot of the wood for my table was from his farm so I felt he deserved a mallet.
I’ve learned something from every project.
Wondering if there is a single page somewhere that has something like a table with “Common Issues”. Like https://www.v1engineering.com/frequently-asked-questions/ but with lessons the community has learned through experience like Loctite the Grub Screws
Maybe another section on this page: https://www.v1engineering.com/information/how-to/
Or did I just miss this on the site/forum?