Easiest way to remove whatever this is 🙂

[Gary C.]

https://flic.kr/p/2mibCD6

Bought a Harbor Freight hatchet with a fiberglass handle to do some first time modifications to. whats the easiest way to remove that black bonding material ? dremmel stone is taking forever .
Thanks for the help!

 

[jbmonkey]

without guessing what it is and which chemicals to use....

is it a solid chunk end to end? if so maybe try drilling through it few times, controlled of course..... and then trying to break chunks loose that way.

 

[Charlie_K]

Am I seeing things wrong, or is that a crack at the ten O'clock position in the axe eye?

 

[Gary C.]

Charlie, no crack just a shadow.

 

[fishface5]

Probably JB Weld. Try tapping a flat screwdriver with a hammer to see if it will break off in chunks.

 

[3fifty7]

I’d lock the head in a vise and hit on it with a hammer and chisel, if not a carbide deburring bit is quite a bit more aggressive than a stone.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Drill and small cold chisel + hammer.
Or an old beater 1/4" flat blade if that's all ya got.

 

[Gary C.]

combination of the advise and finally got it cleaned out . Thnanks !

 

[Square_peg]

Cape chisel.

 

[jooleyen]

Sandblast

 

[Charlie_K]

A few weeks ago I found a splitting maul head, and the eye was full of epoxy. Drilling it out wasn't going to work, so I braced it on some wood blocks and took a steel rod to hammer and drive the epoxy right out.

 

[thebrain]

Many types of epoxy are softened with heat, perhaps a nice bath in a pot of boiling water before having a go with a chisel and hammer might help.

 

[Billy The Hungry]

I think it's awesome you're tackling this project. Any updates?

 

[Gary C.]

I think it's awesome you're tackling this project. Any updates?

Billy , thanks. yeh got it cleaned out and made this for grandson for Christmas. first attempt. it was fun . hope he likes it lol

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2mKv6C8]IMG_20210905_144346080 by Gary C, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[scdub]

Wow!
What did you use to carve the steel??

 

[Billy The Hungry]

Billy , thanks. yeh got it cleaned out and made this for grandson for Christmas. first attempt. it was fun . hope he likes it lol

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2mKv6C8]IMG_20210905_144346080 by Gary C, on Flickr[/URL]

That is amazing! Any chance you could do a short write up of everything? I'd love to know your process. If it isn't too much trouble!

 

[Gary C.]

That is amazing! Any chance you could do a short write up of everything? I'd love to know your process. If it isn't too much trouble!

thanks billy. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos on how to reshape head with an angle grinder and cutoff wheels. then sanded it all down . watched YT vids on etching using a car battery charger to get the dragon etching. watched YT vids on how to do paracord wrap and YT vids on burning and oiling the handle lol. where would i be without the internet ? lol