What did you rehang today?

jblyttle said:
I did these two last night. The hatchet is a 1.75-2lb Kelly Axe & Tool Works head on an 18" House Handle with cherry wedge. That's for you Square_peg.
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Thanks. Love 'em both. What's that stamp on the ball peen say? Kind of odd to see that small of ball opposite a larger flat face.
 
Square_peg said:
Thanks. Love 'em both. What's that stamp on the ball peen say? Kind of odd to see that small of ball opposite a larger flat face.
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It is a Peck, Stow & Wilcox. The logo says P.S&W Co Tools Guaranteed with a small fist holding a handle.
 
Got this cruiser head in the mail recently-sorry no before pictures, but head wasn't bad, just some edge work needed. Don't know if this is an unbranded Kelly or some other mfg. that used the ribbed eye? If anyone knows, feel free to comment. The steel is hard thats for sure. Should have made my own wedge for this one as you can see its a little sketchy. I did want to show how I plug the lathe dog hole if one is left after the head is seated. If thats the case, I drill the hole round and make a dowel, glue it in the hole and then recut the kerf. In this case, I used a piece of manzanita heartwood for the dowel.
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Handle was pretty beat up. I cut about 2 inches off the bottom where it looked like maybe a dog had gotten hold of it. A spokeshave and some 220 grit took care of most of the damage. The handle had been jammed on and then filled with something like epoxy I assume. There was no kerf or wedge. Now it's hung correctly. However, the handle has some checking along the length so I'm not sure how long it will last. These pics were after only 1 coat of BLO.
 
Here's an old 4 lbs Plumb that was greatly abused and still in restore process, haft was from a different axe and also needs to be coated.
 
Nice to see folks crafting their own handles. For the inordinate amount of work involved (rather than invest $10 in a store-bought) this is definitely a labour of love.
 
Nice work on polishing those edges, too!

Siskiyou Woodsman said:
Don't know if this is an unbranded Kelly or some other mfg. that used the ribbed eye?
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Okay, I wanna hear your secret on how to seat the haft with those ridges in the eye. Last one I tried absolutely refused to go on, and I ended up splitting the haft.
 
I guess I was just lucky, no really I just proceeded as if there were no ridges and as I started the haft in the bottom, it left witness marks where the ridges were. At that point, I scribed lines down the haft to keep alignment. Then as I recall I used a three cornered file to deepen the grooves and made adjustments from there as I went. I hope that makes sense.
 
the possum said:
Okay, I wanna hear your secret on how to seat the haft with those ridges in the eye. Last one I tried absolutely refused to go on, and I ended up splitting the haft.
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I find it easiest to work with an un-kerfed haft. When the kerf compresses during fitting it tends to bind and make the on-&-off process much harder. But a forum member pointed out that you could just put a slim wedge in the kerf during the fitting process.

Then, yeah, do what this guy did, scribe the lines.
 
Here's a Michigan pattern that came from N. Wisconsin in an old logging camp on the Chippewa River. I was going to put this outside with some other logging yard art pieces that I have, but then decided that it needed a new lease on life...wasn't sure what the result would be. There are places on the eye that are paper thin from all the years in the mud, but after sharpening, I actually split a few rounds with it. In honor of it's survival, I've decided to retire it to a nice warm place on the hearth to live out its days as a conversation piece.

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Great axe, but youll ruin the hang if you leave it right next to the fire. i am going to assume it was for the picture. :)
 
I had a couple of free hours yesterday, so I decided to hang a little Plumb BSA head I had laying around.

The head. Pretty little thing.


Squaring the stave. It has amazing grain at 6-7 rings per inch.


Squared, a pattern scribed and ready to hew to rough shape.


I think it will look pretty good!


Roughed in, and a test fit. I decided to make a hybrid handle. Octagonal transitioning to oval at the grip. I think I will also make a ball end.


Finished, and wedged with a piece of sassafras I had in the shop. I also cleaned the mildly abused poll up just for looks.
 
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