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I've never seen a pole break at the hole though, it's more common for bolts to bend, right?

But yeah, a strong/thick bolt is as good as the rod?

I broke a pole at the bolt hole, it was a gold club shaft though.

I'm not suprised, gold is a really soft metal.

Yeah gold is too soft... and heavy. Try something else? Glass?

the rod means the two nuts on either end are recessed, so there are no protrusions on either side of the mallet head, i think. mine has a nut on one side and the end of a bolt on the other, potentially dangerous. but other than that it looks very robust and reuseable, long bolt with a nut often bend, if they dont bend they seem to break.

poles do brake at the bolt hole, I have a sky pole at home broken like that

Agree that the double recessed bolts is a nice touch, but with a proper bolt that fit tightly in the hole, and I think that is very important, should be no problem

Oops meant golf club.

Snoops have you tried using a bolt which only goes though one side of the mallet head and finishes with a just after the shaft? I find it a more secure set up and no protruding nut problems.

I've started using tiny screws at the top/bottom of the head, I was going to glue and screw, but the screws are holding up on their own.

There's little room for any force to build up between the head and shaft if it's attached at the top and bottom. I don't see any kind of fixture in the middle of a mallet in the future, seems overkill in terms of weight and having to counter the twisting forces that one central fixing encounters. Also, you can drill into the centre of the head with small fixings at the top and bottom meaning the head can't move up/down?

Oops meant golf club.

Snoops have you tried using a bolt which only goes though one side of the mallet head and finishes with a just after the shaft? I find it a more secure set up and no protruding nut problems.

i have seen a few people doing that. not tried it yet, i have my mallet making down at the moment. i like my method, just the hardware seems a bit agricultural, internally threaded rod would solve all my problems.

jono i need to have a look at that, sounds interesting but does it look a bit bodgey?

Of course, it's pure bodgeness, there are two penny's inside the TiPole for some reason too.

My methods = not pretty, you'd hate it!

(I am going to make a badass mallet soon though, watch this space.)

i can't stand making mallets, i'd buy off the peg for sure, but only if they no break.

http://www.cycles-for-heroes.com/downloads/FIXIE%20Inc%202010/Produktbilder_product%20images/2010%20MOs%20Mallet/MosMallet_2010_01.JPG

a better design would have been to thread the tip of the pole so the bolt comes in through the bottom up inside the pole

People shouldn't be able to play with one until they've proved they have actually tryed to build a mallet themselve first!

like jedis and lightsabers

There is a 50mm inner sleeve in the bottom...

Rupert, what avantages do you see using the rod??
I think, it makes you do a bigger diameter hole through the pole, making it weaker

touché, well done

like jedis and lightsabers

Exactly, of course except for luke, who started off using his dads, cheating git.
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Karlsrhue get on the titanium band wagon.

List for titanium bandwagon:
1, Shins

Want

I used to live in Karlsrhue. That is all :-)

I used to live in Karlsrhue. That is all :-)

And you still can't spell it? :)