wicksie i just made a perros mallet up today, i got 15mm dowel from wickes and it fit perfectly, doesnt weigh anything and if you stick 30 - 40 cm down the tube its stiff enough to drill into without it moving down the inside of the pole. I countersunk one screw into the bottom of the head and along the inside of the dowel and then another screw countersunk going horizontally into the pole through the mallet to stop any movement.
wicksie i just made a perros mallet up today, i got 15mm dowel from wickes and it fit perfectly, doesnt weigh anything and if you stick 30 - 40 cm down the tube its stiff enough to drill into without it moving down the inside of the pole. I countersunk one screw into the bottom of the head and along the inside of the dowel and then another screw countersunk going horizontally into the pole through the mallet to stop any movement.
i haz spare dowel if you need?