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Mallet could refer to: A person Anatole Mallet (1837-1919), Swiss engineer and inventor David Mallet (circa 1705-1765), Scottish dramatist George Mallet (born 1923), Saint Lucian politician Paul Henri Mallet (1730-1807), Swiss writer Robert Mallet (1810-1881), Irish geologist and engineer Timmy Mallet, childrens TV host A... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

Tools

A rubber mallet, used in construction, woodworking, and auto-body work.

A wooden mallet.

A round-headed copper mallet. Copper mallets are also produced with a "square" head.

An aluminum meat mallet, for tenderizing meat

Tool mallets are hammers with heads made of softer materials than the steel normally used in hammerheads, so as to avoid damaging a delicate surface. Some common types of mallets are: A picture of a mallet, taken by myself on August 18, 2004. ... A picture of a mallet, taken by myself on August 18, 2004. ... Image File history File links Wooden mallet, about 330 mm long, photographed by me. ... Image File history File links Wooden mallet, about 330 mm long, photographed by me. ... Image File history File links Round copper mallet about 280 mm long, photographed by me. ... Image File history File links Round copper mallet about 280 mm long, photographed by me. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 344 pixel Image in higher resolution (2492 × 1073 pixel, file size: 647 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mallet Metadata This... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 344 pixel Image in higher resolution (2492 × 1073 pixel, file size: 647 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mallet Metadata This... Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ... For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). ...

• Rubber mallets are used when a softer blow is called for than that delivered by a metal hammer. They are typically used to form sheet metal, since they don't leave marks, as well as for forcing tight-fitting parts together, for shifting plasterboard into place, in upholstery, and a variety of other general purposes, including some toys. It is the most commonly used mallet.
• Wooden mallet, usually used in carpentry to knock wooden pieces together, or to drive dowels or chisels. A wooden mallet will not deform the striking end of a metal tool, as most metal hammers would, but it also reduces the force available to drive the cutting edge of a chisel.
• Copper and leaden mallets are typically used on machinery to apply force to parts with a reduced risk of damaging them and to avoid sparks. As copper is softer than steel, the mallet is deformed rather than any steel object it is hitting.
• Meat mallets tenderise or flatten meat. Made from wood or metal, they are typically two-sided, one flat with slight bumps, and the other with more pronounced protrusions. Meat mallets can be made from wood, plastic, or steel, but their use has lessened with the invention of cube steak machines and other electric tenderisers.[1][2]. Meat mallets can also be used to crush ice. This is done by wrapping the ice in a fabric (usually a tea towel) and crushing the ice with the mallet until the desired size of the ice is achieved.

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• Rawhide mallets, which may employ rawhide covering a steel head, or simply consist of rolled-up rawhide, are used for leatherwork, jewellery, and assembling electric motors and delicate machinery.
• Plastic mallets, made of nylon, polycarbonate, or polystyrene are used especially in leatherwork and jewellery.
• Split head mallets, which have removable faces which can be changed to an appropriate material for the job.
• Dead blow mallets, which have an internal cavity filled with steel or lead shot. This addition evens out the time-impulse curve of the impact, enabling a more powerful blow to be delivered without risk of marring the target.

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Musical instruments

Mallets used as drumsticks are often used to strike a timpani, marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, metallophone, or vibraphone, collectively referred to as mallet percussion. They usually have shafts made of rattan, birch, or fiberglass. Rattan shafts are more flexible than the other materials. Heads vary in size, shape, and material. They may be made of metal, plastic, rubber, or wood, and some are wrapped with felt, cord, or yarn. Heavier heads produce louder sounds. Harder heads produce sharper and louder sounds and generate more overtones. A timpanist in the United States Air Forces in Europe Band. ... The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family. ... Kulintang a Kayo, a Philippine xylophone The xylophone (from the Greek meaning wooden sound) is a musical instrument in the percussion family which probably originated in Indonesia. ... Most orchestral glockenspiels are mounted in a case. ... Generally speaking, a metallophone is any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound, usually with a mallet. ... A typical Ludwig-Musser vibraphone. ... The following instruments are collectively known as tuned percussion or keyboard percussion, or sometimes, mallet percussion. ... Genera Calamus Calospatha Ceratolobus Daemonorops Eremospatha Eugeissonia Korthalsia Laccosperma Metroxylon Myrialepis Oncocalamus Pigafetta Plectocomia Plectomiopsis Raphia Zalacca Zalacella Rattan (from the Malay rotan), is the name for the roughly six hundred species of palms in the tribe Calameae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia. ... Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ... Bundle of fiberglass Fiberglass (also called fibreglass and glass fibre) is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation). ... A selection of 4 different felt cloths. ... Look up Cord on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Cord has several meanings: String or Rope Cord Automobile Vibrating cord A measurement of the volume of firewood A power cord or extension cable In electronics, a cable Cord, a former American car marque founded by Errett Lobban Cord. ... Yarn Spools of thread Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibers, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery and ropemaking. ...

Cartoons

The accidents received from mistreatment of wooden mallets in the workplace became a classic gag in the Looney Tunes and Disney cartoons. Characters like Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Daffy Duck and Roger Rabbit made use of mallets as part of their arsenal in the Golden Age of animation. In anime it is very common for an angry character to pull out a large mallet, via hammerspace, and attack the person or thing that is angering him/her. Amy Rose from the Sonic the Hedgehog series is probably the most notable example. Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Bugs Bunny is an Academy Award-winning animated rabbit who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Warner Bros. ... Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character from Walt Disney Productions. ... Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... Examples of Hammerspace pictured in a WikiWorld cartoon Hammerspace is a fan-envisioned extradimensional, instantly accessible storage area in fiction, which is used to explain how animated, comic and game characters can produce objects out of thin air. ... Amy Rose ), once known as Rosy the Rascal, is a video game character who appears in many of the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games developed by Segas Sonic Team. ... The Sonic the Hedgehog series is a franchise of video games released by Sega starring their mascot character Sonic the Hedgehog. ...

Comics

The god Ronson, one of the online comic Gods of Arr-Kelaan's primary characters possesses a pink rubber mallet with some weapon-like powers as a kind of Scepter. Gods of Arr-Kelaan is a fantasy/humor webcomic drawn and written by illustrator Chuck Rowles (also known as Ronson) and often aided with visual effects and coloring help of his brother Steve Rowles (also known as SpANG!). Its hosted both on the Drunk Duck portal and on its... A sceptre or scepter is an ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch, a prominent item of kingly regalia. ...

Sport

• croquet mallets
• polo mallets