Hasta La Ideas

Maker Peter Brown wanted a plastic mallet, but rather than buy one, decided to make one himself—using whatever he had lying around, no plastic-handling equipment in sight. Which means, maniac that Brown is, he used a toaster oven to melt down milk jugs to get that delicious, creamy HDPE into a nice and gooey state.

How did he then get the raw material into the shape he wanted, absent any molding equipment? Like this:

You’ve gotta admit it looks pretty decent!