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Brad "the butcher" asked me if I could move his thread from another sub-forum to here. Since I have no authority to do this, I'm pasting his post:
06-02-2014, 10:00 PM
#1 Brad "the butcher"
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ec 2008Location:Vancouver(Cloverdale)Posts:1,680
Machaxe trail clearing
After seeing Doc's(and others) many posts about the machaxe I finally picked one up a few weeks ago and used it on the weekend.
Went up to my acreage in the Cariboo and could not drive my truck down my road due to snow bent saplings etc up to 3in diameter.
Took a bit to get used to the canted blade but once going it was a limbing and chopping machine, 2in diameter with a single snapcut and never more than a few on bigger ones.
Must have spent 2 solid hours at it before I could drive to camp, left them 4ft high so no punji action for the animals.....I will chainsaw them flush later but this was a test.
Couple of rock dings and a good notch but that was due to the edge ground almost flat on 1 side of the top 3 inch's, wish I noticed at the store but oh well, have to file it to even geometry. First becker I have bought with a bad grind. The bevel on one side goes almost to the other side of the blade.
A lot of sap and crap stuck to the coating....wish it was smooth coating like the other beckers, guess I will have to strip and maintain the blade more. It is almost like sandpaper and has to effect cutting.
A machaxe, folding saw and a good slicer would easily be my pick for a week in the north woods backpacking.
It did a pretty good job chopping rounds for kindling, made for batonning as well it seems but a good chop puts it on par with a light hatchet.
There you go, Brad.
06-02-2014, 10:00 PM
#1 Brad "the butcher"
Join Date
ec 2008Location:Vancouver(Cloverdale)Posts:1,680Machaxe trail clearing
After seeing Doc's(and others) many posts about the machaxe I finally picked one up a few weeks ago and used it on the weekend.
Went up to my acreage in the Cariboo and could not drive my truck down my road due to snow bent saplings etc up to 3in diameter.
Took a bit to get used to the canted blade but once going it was a limbing and chopping machine, 2in diameter with a single snapcut and never more than a few on bigger ones.
Must have spent 2 solid hours at it before I could drive to camp, left them 4ft high so no punji action for the animals.....I will chainsaw them flush later but this was a test.
Couple of rock dings and a good notch but that was due to the edge ground almost flat on 1 side of the top 3 inch's, wish I noticed at the store but oh well, have to file it to even geometry. First becker I have bought with a bad grind. The bevel on one side goes almost to the other side of the blade.
A lot of sap and crap stuck to the coating....wish it was smooth coating like the other beckers, guess I will have to strip and maintain the blade more. It is almost like sandpaper and has to effect cutting.
A machaxe, folding saw and a good slicer would easily be my pick for a week in the north woods backpacking.
It did a pretty good job chopping rounds for kindling, made for batonning as well it seems but a good chop puts it on par with a light hatchet.
There you go, Brad.
