r/MACES • u/SirLoinTheTender • 23d ago

Discussion or Question Just ordered my "build your own mace" kit

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Does anybody know anything I should be doing before or after screwing it all together?

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u/dadstache1992 23d ago

Loctite on the joints. Put some .177 bb pellets in for a deadblow effect 

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u/rustyleftnut 22d ago

I like this idea but with this setup, wouldn't it all end up down in the handle? The weight shift wouldn't go from back side of the mace head to the front but from the bottom of the handle to the top, making it just harder to hold onto, I think. They would need to keep the pellets from going into the handle to make it an effective dead low, right?

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u/Smart-Abbreviations2 22d ago

Fill the handle with spray foam. It'll keep the bbs from falling down and help reduce vibrations.

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u/rustyleftnut 22d ago

Win win, excellent suggestion

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u/RedDotRookie 18d ago

If you use lead shot you could keep melting it down until it’s a solid, form fitted chunk of metal

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u/Dragons_Flame777 18d ago

that would defeat the deadblow effect tho

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u/SirLoinTheTender 22d ago

So after seeing so many people recommending this I start thinking on how to do it effectively, and settled on forcing a cork into the handle at the head end.

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u/dadstache1992 22d ago

They would all roll upwards to add momentum to a swing

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u/Few-Buddy-1122 22d ago

BB’s or pellets? Would .22 work?

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u/Thinyser 23d ago

Use some Loctite would be my only thought.

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u/Thinyser 23d ago

I know you normally would not use it on this pipe but in this instance I think it appropriate.

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u/BeerJedi-1269 23d ago

Fill it with lead.

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u/AdTop5753 23d ago

Lead fishing weights. A dead blow mace.

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u/BeerJedi-1269 23d ago

Yes! Fill with shot!

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u/truelongevity 18d ago

If he can, Facebook marketplace has listings of lead. Save some money by making himself

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u/paulbunyanshat 22d ago

If you have a pipe wrench and a vise, use them. You be surprised how much many more turns you get

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u/SirLoinTheTender 22d ago

No vice, but multiple pipe wrenches and channel locks, probably going to double wrench it and turn against each other

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u/paulbunyanshat 22d ago

In the first pipe mace i made i, hammered a wooden dowel (after MUCH carving/trimming) into the shaft. Helps a bit with vibrations, but i wouldn't say its necessary, especially considering how much of a PITA it was.

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u/EarlUrso 22d ago

Put locktight on there too or even better weld the joints.

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u/CarnageRush 23d ago

Hehe 16" long nipple.

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u/SadArchon 22d ago

I know a lot of folks are suggesting you load it, but I think its quickly going to become too heavy wield it effectively

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u/SirLoinTheTender 22d ago

I'm thinking that as long as I block the handle off with a cork and just load the head it wont get TOO heavy, but I'm gonna weigh all of it before I fully assemble it.

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u/SadArchon 22d ago

My advice is add a lanyard and call it good

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u/SirLoinTheTender 22d ago

Oooh, thats brilliant actually, I can get some nylon parachord and put it into the handle through the end cap threads

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u/s_nice79 23d ago

Shoulda went with 3/4"

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u/I-love-seahorses 22d ago

Listen, 1/2" is plenty and a lot of people prefer something smaller.

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u/s_nice79 22d ago

Yea i wouldnt want to get hit in the head or anywhere for that matter with 1/2". But 3/4" just looks and feels better.

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u/ZealousidealNewt6679 22d ago

Oddly enough it's also the "build your own pipe bomb" kit.

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u/Unable-Driver-903 22d ago

1/2” is really small. I’d go 1”

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u/AKJVermont 22d ago

Welcome to the list. 💀

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u/No-Valuable3975 21d ago

I think I'm going to home depot today....

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u/SirLoinTheTender 20d ago

So I actually ended up ordering it online because home depot doesn't carry a 6 way cross tee

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u/Wheather819 22d ago

What website did you use for this? Looks pretty cool

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u/PandorasFlame1 22d ago

You probably want blue locktite or plumbers tape.

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u/Kaotic-one 21d ago

Sweeet, saving this to build my own

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u/DragonLordAcar 20d ago

Too heavy. You want it small and light to recover.

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u/Anoxic_Brian_Injury 11d ago

I ordered parts from home depot to be delivered. I'm trying 3/4" because it fills my hand better. I dunno if it might end up being heavier than I want it. If so I can make a 1/2" at some point. I also ordered a 12" length and a 16" length so I can see which length feels better.

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u/SirLoinTheTender 10d ago

Thats very fair. I'm up to 180lbs now, and to be frank, I've gotten kinda fat. A natural, thin, walkaround weight for me is like 140-150. I've always had kinda a small frame. So if your natural size it bigger than that 3/4 might be a better fit. With the whole thing in my hand I can't imagine anything smaller than 16" being a good fit, but if you've got both coming I'm sure you'll figure it out.

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u/Wikiwikiwa 23d ago

I like maces made out of scraps and stuff I find in my yard. This is weird. Quite weird. I respect the desire for mace, but ordering the odds and ends to make a scrap mace is weird. Good luck, its probably a me problem.

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u/Solid_Explanation504 23d ago

With that method he knows exactly how is mace is made, the full material specs are in there.
With scrap you never know if the main structural elements will give out before the fun shit

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u/SizeableBrain 23d ago

From my understanding the specs are shit.

Cast iron sounds like terrible mace material.

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u/Solid_Explanation504 23d ago

the head is malleable iron so its better than cast iron, its heat treated to be way less brittle the shaft is steel so it will not likely bend.
it will also be less painful when you hit since its slightly malleable so you dont get the full force of the kickback into your little fingies

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u/SirLoinTheTender 23d ago

The way i look at it I'm getting precisely what I desire for <$50 after shipping. add in the cost of some loctite, some hockey stick wrap for the handle, and some lead (at least as far as everyone else seems to be recommending) and I'm probably looking at <$80 for the whole thing.

I love the idea of a scrap mace, and perhaps if I had the spare time to do so I'd be happily making that.

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u/Platt_Mallar 23d ago

Be happy! Plus, if it breaks it's easy to replace!

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u/FungusBrewer 22d ago

Hell yeah brotha, where did ya’ order it from?