Recent projects - rant against glue and other ramblings, very pic heavy

[garry3]

Nice stuff M3mphis. Love the little Sager. Hows the hardness on the Swiss surplus? Is it a GBA or a Hults?

 

[M3mphis]

I'm not familiar with a slick, is it like a larger paring chisel? Looks like you had a good day (couple of days?) in the shop. I'm envious! I get just a couple hours here an there. I wish I could find a decent axe 'round here, everything I find is either Stanley, new Collins, or Chinese.


-Xander

Thanks, Xander. A framing slick is used for timber framing. There some decent videos on you tube of guys cutting mortise and tenon joints with them.

 

[M3mphis]

Wow, dude! You've been busy. Thanks for all the photos.

I agree except where an old handle's eye is so damaged that you just can't get a safe hang without gluing it. At that point you can throw away the handle or glue it (construction adhesive) and throw it away next time. Glue should only be used the last time that a particular handle is to be used. But for everything else put the glue away.

Too much good stuff here to comment on all of it so I'll stick to the best part. Good on ya for getting that boy out in the woods. Nothing better for a boy than being in the woods with his dad. Full marks!

Aside from that I love the tell-tale hand honing marks on that boy's axe. I bet it's sharp as hell. Oh, and if you don't cut your hands once in a while you ain't really working.

That's a good point on using glue to patch together a damaged handle, Pegs! Thanks for the kind words. My son turned five the other day, and he's been trying to convince me ever since that he is now old enough to use axes instead of just hatchets!

 

[M3mphis]

Wow, nice work, Memphis.
I love those hatchet patterns, but haven't come across any in my scroungings.
Do you have any recommendations for wood types for wedges? I've been cutting poplar from some scrap, but I wonder if it's too dense or doesn't absorb enough BLO or something. It doesn't seem to compress much - or maybe that's desireable?

Actually, bro, I really dislike poplar. I have the best luck with hard woods. I really like elm because it resists cracking so well while you're driving it in. I've had good luck with oak and some alder was decent. Hard wood pallets are an excellent place to scrap up some wedge material!! :thumbup:

 

[M3mphis]

Nice stuff M3mphis. Love the little Sager. Hows the hardness on the Swiss surplus? Is it a GBA or a Hults?

Thanks, Garry. I bought two of the swiss surplus boy's axes from sportsmans guide. One is a marked Hults and this one is unmarked. The steel seemed pretty good. I think it's a little bit softer than the average of the Swedish steel I have/have had. Seemed more like the hardness of my Councils. Super subjective, but that's my impression. Took a shaving sharp edge really well.

 

[Liam Ryan]

Very nice stuff, I would not give up on the bow saw yet, get a proper blade on it and it should work great.

 

[daizee]

I think it's a little bit softer than the average of the Swedish steel I have/have had. Seemed more like the hardness of my Councils. Super subjective, but that's my impression. Took a shaving sharp edge really well.

that's my experience with the Hults hatchet/axe I have. Relatively soft, but takes a wicked edge. No chipping tho, just a little edge rolling where I may have left it a bit too thin.

I'll try oak as wedges. I have a ton of scrap.

 

[fast14riot]

Actually, bro, I really dislike poplar. I have the best luck with hard woods. I really like elm because it resists cracking so well while you're driving it in. I've had good luck with oak and some alder was decent. Hard wood pallets are an excellent place to scrap up some wedge material!! :thumbup:

Hmm, I get white oak pallets at work all the time, I my just steal a board off of one!


-Xander

 

[bearhunter]

Booh... Hoo...
Somebody put glue on my wedge and I hurt my poor little finger

Good stuff Memphis! I really like that Sager

 

[Square_peg]

You guys are merciless! I love it!

 

[markv]

M3mphis,
great thread
i glued in a few wedges when i first started hanging axes, made sense, glue 'em in and they'd stay put(wrong) boy what a failure that was. here in Mudzoory we have a real humid time during the summer and a dry time during the winter, so wood tends to move.
whenever it would shrink up there was no way to tighten the glued wedges, lesson learned.

i have several of the no name boys axes like you have with the ridges in the eye, i'm wondering if anyone can identify or shed some light on who made them? good little axes

again thanks for all the great images of wood working and axe hanging

thanks up front for any info about these boy axes

buzz

 

[markv]

Thank you very much! I always love seeing pics.

Too bad about that first handle. Out here it's not glue but a bunch of screws and nails. Same end result though.

I also really like the edges you are putting on your tools. Lots of good ideas here. Thanks again.

i've filled up a sardine can i keep on the bench with nails, screws,bits of thin metal, fence staples, you name it all pulled out of axe eyes. it takes some ingenuity sometimes to get this stuff out. LOL

all good

buzz

 

[OutdoorEnvy]

Nice projects and pics. That's a good idea for hanging that cruiser

 

[pullrich]

Awesome post, thanks for sharing

 

[markv]

Actually, bro, I really dislike poplar. I have the best luck with hard woods. I really like elm because it resists cracking so well while you're driving it in. I've had good luck with oak and some alder was decent. Hard wood pallets are an excellent place to scrap up some wedge material!! :thumbup:

M3mphis,
sue glad a i scrolled back and re-read thru this, i have some pallets ,i never thought about using pallet wood for wedges, great idea:thumbup:, perfect size width and thickness.

all good

buzz

 

[markv]

i have several of the no name boys axes like you have with the ridges in the eye, i'm wondering if anyone can identify or shed some light on who made them? good little axes

buzz

 

[CB-R]

Man, all that looks like time well spent! I;ve been out of the loop for a while but those saws have grabbed my attention. Do the tenons just float in the mortise and that's how you brake it down? I've gotta make me one of them! Nice work all around.