Plumb screw-wedged axes and hatchets

Thanks Square, don't think it was ever used still has the original lacquer on the bit and poll. I never thought I'd find anything like this here in SoCal that was the third tool with the take up screw-wedge so far. I have found a 16oz claw hammer with octagon handle in excellent shape, was using it one day and noticed the head was a tad loose and was surprised that the screw actually worked as advertised also 16oz ball pien #373 in good+ shape.
 
I, for one, would be quite appreciative if someone out there could figure out a way to recreate or reproduce those 'take-up' screws. I can see them being very useful on hammer (oval eye) hangs.
 
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Just checked my Genuine Plumb carpenter half hatchet and it has the screw but no wedge. Just a drilled hole with the tapered screw, no sawn kerf, no wooden wedge.

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300Six said:
I, for one, would be quite appreciative if someone out there could figure out a way to create or reproduce those 'take-up' screws. I can see theme being very useful on hammer (oval eye) hangs.
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This does not really address your post, but...

Here are a couple from ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201667041944?ul_noapp=true
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201671794899?ul_noapp=true

Looks like one could be made by cutting off a wood screw/lag bolt. Then file/cut the slot for a screwdriver. I don't know how the taper would match to original and how effective the homemade would be. Might be more bother than it's worth.

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Bob

If I copied the included image from BF, I apologize to the OP of it for not giving them credit for originally finding it.
 
I think for 11$ you can do better by finding distressed PLUMB tools and refurbishing them and reusing the screw. For much less I have found 16oz claw hammer for 2$ a 16 oz ball pien for 3$ and the flooring hatchet in this thread for less than double the price of two screws on e bay. The hammers are in 95% condition the hatchet has never been used.
 
RICKOFF said:
I think for 11$ you can do better by finding distressed PLUMB tools and refurbishing them and reusing the screw. For much less I have found 16oz claw hammer for 2$ a 16 oz ball pien for 3$ and the flooring hatchet in this thread for less than double the price of two screws on e bay. The hammers are in 95% condition the hatchet has never been used.
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Great to hear vintage Plumbs are common out in your direction but Plumbs, of any stripe, are scarce as hen's teeth here. I'd buy a $2 Plumb hammer just to retrieve such a screw, and then maybe toss the rest.
 
Not very common out here but I buy what I find only 3 in the last 8 months and I look every weekend.
 
rjdankert said:
Looks like one could be made by cutting off a wood screw/lag bolt. Then file/cut the slot for a screwdriver. I don't know how the taper would match to original and how effective the homemade would be. Might be more bother than it's worth.
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This is a good suggestion. Tapering the overall shank and threads would be the hard part and I also suspect that the thread pitch of lag bolts is a bit too coarse. Old fashioned wood screws were continuously tapered but finding ones with large enough shanks might be difficult, and a lot of these screws weren't threaded near the head.
 
rjdankert said:
This does not really address your post, but...

Here are a couple from ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201667041944?ul_noapp=true
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201671794899?ul_noapp=true

Looks like one could be made by cutting off a wood screw/lag bolt. Then file/cut the slot for a screwdriver. I don't know how the taper would match to original and how effective the homemade would be. Might be more bother than it's worth.

Here is a description:
29778823526_2a4fa1b630_b.jpg


Bob

If I copied the included image from BF, I apologize to the OP of it for not giving them credit for originally finding it.
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The Plumb screws are tapered over their entire length where wood screws and lag bolts are tapered for about 2 or 3 threads then parallel for the remainder of the length.

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I think we can all agree that adapting something current-made into becoming Plumb expanding 'takeup' screws is not 'in the cards'. But setting up a quasi-hobbyist lathe/mill to make small batches of these is a heck of a lot easier than trying to replicate an old Sharps or Ballard single shot rifle action, such as a few dozen backyard hobbyists have been trying to do (some successfully) over the past 20 years.
If someone out there wants to have a 'go' at making some of these and wants to begin with an expression of interest, plus some seed money, please contact me.
Setting up for a conventional hang but also with a 'take up' screw (or even two in the case of a large axe eye) installed might just be the ticket to keeping 'keener's' axes and hammers together (namely not becoming loose) for much longer than what is considered typical.
 
I'll contribute my pair of Plumbs. Both are still on original handles as far as I can tell, although now I'm not 100% sure on the ball peen after reading through this thread. As you can see it has a straight wedge and centered cross wedge, with the take up screw. The interesting thing about the hatchet, is that it has the same "2962" on the bottom of the handle, same as OP, even though one has the take up screw, one has the permabond, possibly separating them by a number of years.






 
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