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A '''mallet''' is a piece of [[wood]] affixed to a short pole. The type of head can vary from a slightly rectangular prism (sometime with a slight parallelogram shape) mounted tranversely to a simple cylinder mounted tranversely or a cylinder (or near cylinder) with the handle mounted in the end. The last of these types is sometime termed a club is made of one piece of [[wood]]. They form a simialr function to a [[hammer]].

They typically have shorter [[handle]]s than a [[maul]] and are used for more delicate work, especially when used with [[chisel]]s in [[woodworking]].

They are often made of a knotty piece of [[wood]] as they are tough to split. When using [[tool]]s that are designed to be struck use the general rule of like on like. Thus use a [[wood]]en budgeoning [[tool]] on a [[wood]]en [[handle]]d [[chisel]].

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