Fire Axe Restoration

Thank you! It's always interesting to see how other folks do things. Using a table saw as a shaper is a new one on me and certainly not a technique that would be taught in trade schools where zealousness about safety guards are increasingly worshipped!
 
Guards are important but that was a Sawstop table saw. You can't take off a finger with a Sawstop unless you lock out the safety device.

The video was entertaining.
 
Thanks. I've always enjoyed anything where someone takes what initially starts out as what appears to be worthless junk and makes something nice from it. It's also refreshing to see someone be able to fix something up without fear of destroying the value, because most times people are told not to "remove the patina" and such.
 
I really like that guy's videos. He makes all kinds of neat things, and seeing him go at 6x speed is kinda mesmerizing. He also did a video where he re hung a hatchet with an aluminum haft that he carved himself using mostly a bandsaw. Neat stuff.

https://youtu.be/DFpIIM3b3TY
 
I've watched several of his videos. He is very skilled and has a lot of tools. I wouldn't really call it a restoration. It's something beyond that, making it different than it ever was.
 
Right, it is not a restoration, and it is ridiculous to look at an axe head as "junk" just because it does not have a handle.

Researching and preserving history is a lot more important than making old tools into shiny ornaments. When I look for old tools at second-hand venues or flea-markets the real treasures are those that are as original as possible, showing some of how they were manufactured or some of their history. Once some stooge takes them and makes them into toys they have lost all their value except to the shallow and ignorant.
 
gben said:
Right, it is not a restoration, and it is ridiculous to look at an axe head as "junk" just because it does not have a handle.

Researching and preserving history is a lot more important than making old tools into shiny ornaments. When I look for old tools at second-hand venues or flea-markets the real treasures are those that are as original as possible, showing some of how they were manufactured or some of their history. Once some stooge takes them and makes them into toys they have lost all their value except to the shallow and ignorant.
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Yes and no. How many of us have a collector or practical use for a run-of-the-mill fire axe? The way this one was cleaned up to be wonderfully decorative I too would have proudly mounted it somewhere obvious. And then known exactly where it was should there ever be an emergency occasion to have to use it.
 
gben said:
Right, it is not a restoration, and it is ridiculous to look at an axe head as "junk" just because it does not have a handle.

Researching and preserving history is a lot more important than making old tools into shiny ornaments. When I look for old tools at second-hand venues or flea-markets the real treasures are those that are as original as possible, showing some of how they were manufactured or some of their history. Once some stooge takes them and makes them into toys they have lost all their value except to the shallow and ignorant.
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To that I say: To each their own. Caaaaaalm down my friend.
 
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