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Lets use those axes for what they were ment for.
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Pulled up my carpet and am refinishing hard wood floors. Seems that in some places they just put down two layers of 3/4 chip board and carpeted over it. They also sheathed over the original cold air return and that was the only place they used glue, lots of it. Sometimes you just need a big hammer. That Warren rafting pattern(also called construction axes by some manufactures) went through it like it was sheet rock. The vintage 2" firmer chisel and froe mallet cleaned up the top of the joists and finished the new cuts in the existing hard wood to except a flush framed in vent nicely.
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Air flow is much improved in that part of the house now.
Air flow is much improved in that part of the house now.
Pulled up my carpet and am refinishing hard wood floors. Seems that in some places they just put down two layers of 3/4 chip board and carpeted over it. They also sheathed over the original cold air return and that was the only place they used glue, lots of it. Sometimes you just need a big hammer. That Warren rafting pattern(also called construction axes by some manufactures) went through it like it was sheet rock. The vintage 2" firmer chisel and froe mallet cleaned up the top of the joists and finished the new cuts in the existing hard wood to except a flush framed in vent nicely.
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Air flow is much improved in that part of the house now.
I'm prolly the only carpenter in the Bluegrass state that has an axe or three in his tool box, now I see there is one in Idaho too..
Nice Warren!Square_peg
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We've had a series of storms hit the Northwest over the past couple weeks. Today I went out to clear a wind fall from one of my local bike trails. I brought along my Craftsman single oval boys axe and a Silky Big Boy saw. I found another little tree down on my way in. Made quick work of that with the boys axe.
This is the one I was after. The dog doesn't like stopping to clear trees. She just wants to run. But she tolerates me.
It's different cutting one that's up in the air vs. laying on the ground. You have to come at it from the top rather than cutting halfway from each side. You end up having to remove a bit more material.
Not my best work but it's a fairly clean cut. Love this little axe for trail work. It's small but does the job. It would be silly to try this with a tomahawk. You could do it - but it would suck.
I made the 2nd cut with the Silky. What took the axe 5 minutes was done in 3 minutes with the saw.
This is the one I was after. The dog doesn't like stopping to clear trees. She just wants to run. But she tolerates me.
It's different cutting one that's up in the air vs. laying on the ground. You have to come at it from the top rather than cutting halfway from each side. You end up having to remove a bit more material.
Not my best work but it's a fairly clean cut. Love this little axe for trail work. It's small but does the job. It would be silly to try this with a tomahawk. You could do it - but it would suck.
I made the 2nd cut with the Silky. What took the axe 5 minutes was done in 3 minutes with the saw.
We've had a series of storms hit the Northwest over the past couple weeks. Today I went out to clear a wind fall from one of my local bike trails. I brought along my Craftsman single oval boys axe and a Silky Big Boy saw. I found another little tree down on my way in. Made quick work of that with the boys axe.
This is the one I was after. The dog doesn't like stopping to clear trees. She just wants to run. But she tolerates me.
It's different cutting one that's up in the air vs. laying on the ground. You have to come at it from the top rather than cutting halfway from each side. You end up having to remove a bit more material.
Not my best work but it's a fairly clean cut. Love this little axe for trail work. It's small but does the job. It would be silly to try this with a tomahawk. You could do it - but it would suck.
I made the 2nd cut with the Silky. What took the axe 5 minutes was done in 3 minutes with the saw.
Sounds like my kind of fun. Last week I chopped up a knocked down oak and supplied a friend with ~1/2 cord of wood. I have got to remember to take pictures...I know how much I love seeing these kinds of things from others!
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Nice work peg! Results look real good. Always good to get some choppin in, no doubt. Looks like that Craftsman did a heck of a job.
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Here's a closer photo of that fine little axe.
It's the only one I've seen with this stamp.
It's the only one I've seen with this stamp.
We've had a series of storms hit the Northwest over the past couple weeks. Today I went out to clear a wind fall from one of my local bike trails. I brought along my Craftsman single oval boys axe and a Silky Big Boy saw. I found another little tree down on my way in. Made quick work of that with the boys axe.
You carry that axe on your Mountain Bike? Let's see a photo of how that works.
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This is my grocery-getter bike. It's got baskets on the back. It'll carry a lot of cargo.
Needless to say I'm not a very aggressive rider on that bike.
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Great pics. Love seeing them. I like that axe, great size. Nice saw, too.
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Great show, Peg, and great thread wake up... 4 months was too long for us.
I've only been splitting in the yard (with a Fiskars no less). All other work has been chainsaw.
I've only been splitting in the yard (with a Fiskars no less). All other work has been chainsaw.
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Here's a closer photo of that fine little axe.
It's the only one I've seen with this stamp.
Can't say I have seen that stamp either. Thats a great piece. Of course, it will have to be mine, someday! :thumbup:
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Pegs inspired me to check my local park's trails.. What a mess! This Red Cedar fell in our last big storm, and took out part of a maple with it!
Managed to clean a bit up before it got dark tonight. I'll be back for the rest another day!
Bit of a mess. It laid itself along the trail.
Limbed and swamped out a good portion. Bucked one of the smaller Cedars up into managable sections to flip off trail.
Got a good amount done. Still lots to do.
A nice chip. And the axes of the day. A plumb jersey on it's original 32" haft, and a TT Flint Edge cruiser on a custom carved octagonal haft.
Managed to clean a bit up before it got dark tonight. I'll be back for the rest another day!
Bit of a mess. It laid itself along the trail.
Limbed and swamped out a good portion. Bucked one of the smaller Cedars up into managable sections to flip off trail.
Got a good amount done. Still lots to do.
A nice chip. And the axes of the day. A plumb jersey on it's original 32" haft, and a TT Flint Edge cruiser on a custom carved octagonal haft.
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Of course, it will have to be mine, someday! :thumbup:
Undoubtedly. They all seem to migrate your way in time.
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Pegs inspired me to check my local park's trails.. What a mess! This Red Cedar fell in our last big storm, and took out part of a maple with it!
Managed to clean a bit up before it got dark tonight. I'll be back for the rest another day!
Limbed and swamped out a good portion. Bucked one of the smaller Cedars up into managable sections to flip off trail.
Nice work, Ian. I know you know how to use an axe. That cedar is history.
Geez, that plumb is sweet.
I think you might be in crosscut saw territory with that remaining cedar.
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Thanks! The plumb is so nice... I just bought another one! I think plumb's jersey pattern is my favorite variation.
Yeah.. That's a pretty big boy for one guy and his axes. I still need to learn how to sharpen a crosscut.
Yeah.. That's a pretty big boy for one guy and his axes. I still need to learn how to sharpen a crosscut.
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More trail clearing today. Gabby is a little perturbed that her run is being interrupted again.
Fresh Doug Fir. I'm making my cut a little wide so I can take out that knot in one piece and not risk chipping the bit. Thats knot such a problem with Doug Fir as it is with Hemlock.
Knot's out. I'm safe now.
Side one done. The axe is my True Temper hard poll Dayton with 32" straight octagon haft.
Side two done. This side was kinda buried in the dirt so I had to gauge my last strikes carefully so as not to bury the bit in the dirt and rocks. A shadow makes it look like my haft is spliced.
Trail's clear!
Someone asked before how I carry an axe on a bike. It's easy with an old grocery-getter. Of course no self-respecting cyclist would be caught dead on such an abomination as this but thankfully I have no self respect.
The dog is like, "Come on, Dad. Not again."
Being up against a tree this one had to be cut from one side. That's it for now. Happy chopping!
Fresh Doug Fir. I'm making my cut a little wide so I can take out that knot in one piece and not risk chipping the bit. Thats knot such a problem with Doug Fir as it is with Hemlock.
Knot's out. I'm safe now.
Side one done. The axe is my True Temper hard poll Dayton with 32" straight octagon haft.
Side two done. This side was kinda buried in the dirt so I had to gauge my last strikes carefully so as not to bury the bit in the dirt and rocks. A shadow makes it look like my haft is spliced.
Trail's clear!
Someone asked before how I carry an axe on a bike. It's easy with an old grocery-getter. Of course no self-respecting cyclist would be caught dead on such an abomination as this but thankfully I have no self respect.
The dog is like, "Come on, Dad. Not again."
Being up against a tree this one had to be cut from one side. That's it for now. Happy chopping!