How To Make A Froe - Green Woodworking Tool

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CHARLES CRANFORD

Күн бұрын

I show how I made a froe.

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@davecostello7220 5 жыл бұрын

This is a tool anyone who works with wood needs. Thanks for showing me how to make one. This is so much more rewarding than just buying one. Thanks Charles.

@CHARLESCRANFORD 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment.

@davidjames2145 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice indeed. I have a medium froe already but need a big one for a forthcoming job. In the UK the one I wanted is 100 GBP, so obviously I'm going to make my own! This was an excellent 'make', made all the better for the lack of background music. I also enjoyed the 'hole in my bucket moment': "I need to make a handle for my froe, so I'll split this log to make one. Now, where's my froe...." 😉 🇬🇧

@CHARLESCRANFORD 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. Good luck making your own froe. I agree sometimes background music is distracting.

@lauwoodcrafts713 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video, you made it seem so easy to make hahah. I agree with Dave making a froe would be more rewarding than bying one.

@CHARLESCRANFORD 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. The hardest part was the grinding of the blade. If I spent the money on a large grinder, it would have been faster, but the grinder I had worked, and I didn't want to spend the money on a grinder I might only use once.

@Michael-vp4zt 4 жыл бұрын

Great job. You make it look easy.

@CHARLESCRANFORD 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. It was easy. You could make one too.

@carlparrott2199 Жыл бұрын

Next video is how to sharpen a froe

@davecolborn2665 8 ай бұрын

Nice video. Helpful, well done.

@CHARLESCRANFORD 8 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@PodicepsCristatus 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid !

@CHARLESCRANFORD 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment.

@duett445 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video.Thank you

@CHARLESCRANFORD 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment.

@donteatdirt200 6 ай бұрын

🎉

@moc5541 3 жыл бұрын

Also see on KZfaq "Making Roof Shingles With Hand Tools" and "Making Old-fashioned Wood Shingles (or Shakes) - The FHC Show, ep 19" for views of how shingles were actually made--- not as remarked here.

@timdougall5415 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Charles thanks for sharing. Forgive me being pedantic but I use an old blacksmith forged froe which is forged into a taper right from the back to the cutting edge. I have used a bevelled tip blade like the one you've made and it never sliced into shingles very well. However, you have a very useful tool there bud.

@CHARLESCRANFORD 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I have been looking for an old froe. But I guess I am being too picky. They are either too small or too big, or too expensive. I'll find the right one one day.

@timdougall5415 3 жыл бұрын

@@CHARLESCRANFORD Hi Charles, you are right, an old froe is very expensive and usually too small.

@smallblockchevy1022 2 жыл бұрын

It's all about the final shape/geometry. The wood being split doesn't care whether that shape came by result of grinding or forging, or a combination of both.

@smallblockchevy1022 2 жыл бұрын

@@CHARLESCRANFORD It was painful watching you cut that metal with a hacksaw :) . You don't have a couple of cheap cut-off discs for your grinder, huh?

@moc5541 3 жыл бұрын

Froes can be used for "riving", which is controlled splitting. See the KZfaq video "Curtis Buchanan - 3. Riving the Arm Rail and Spindles" for a demonstration by a master.

@moc5541 3 жыл бұрын

The froe made here has too steep of a bevel, hence the difficulty getting the splitting started.

@CHARLESCRANFORD 3 жыл бұрын

I love it when people are very skilled at their craft. Thank you for the suggested video. I guess I will have to go back and grind a convex surface on my froe. I saw a video once (I can't seam to find it) of a guy making a birch bark canoe. He used a knife to rive the cedar ribs of the canoe.

@moc5541 3 жыл бұрын

@@CHARLESCRANFORD You did a good job otherwise of course. I think that you'll like it much better.

@7pope8 4 жыл бұрын

Had the wood for the handle dried? If not was there any problems with it loosening after it did?

@CHARLESCRANFORD 4 жыл бұрын

It did loosen a bit. I took out the lag bolt and wedged in some slivers of wood, in the hole, and screwed the lag bolt back in. The extra wood gave it more pressure against the inside of the pipe. Traditional forged froes usually have an adze type tapered socket, so that the head can not slip off the end of the handle, but they are a bit more involved to make. Thank you for the comment, and good luck making your own .

@jjm5714 3 жыл бұрын

Dude you need a heavier club. You also have to have some apparatus to hold narrow pieces of wood vertical. You can bolt some 4x4s together with lag screws. Make a couple of different size squares. Stand the piece of wood in the square and split it. Also since it's standing inside a box you can split it many ways without even holding it.

@CHARLESCRANFORD 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. I have seen people use bungie cords, to hold the wood together, while splitting it multiple times. You could also stand the wood in an old tire, split it multiple times, and then pull the tire off all the split wood. I made this video to show how to make a froe, maybe I should make a video showing different techniques of using the froe.

@simpythegimpy 4 жыл бұрын

Nice. What kind is steel was it? Mild steel?

@CHARLESCRANFORD 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, just mild cold rolled steel. I made a pocket froe with stainless steel. Thank you for the question.

@simpythegimpy 4 жыл бұрын

@@CHARLESCRANFORD Thank YOU for your video. Might save me R1500 (about 100 dollars).

@CHARLESCRANFORD 4 жыл бұрын

@@simpythegimpy That is one of the reasons I made my own. I could not find a new one, just like I wanted and the old ones I found were too expensive. Thank you for the comment and I would love to see pictures of your froe, once you get it finished.

@MrSonofsonof 4 ай бұрын

I like your "general rule of thumb". That expression could be horribly ironic if you don't stick to the rule (it would become a "rule of no thumb")

@CHARLESCRANFORD 4 ай бұрын

Most of us have eight fingers and two thumbs, that's why we have to be careful with our thumbs, we don't have many extras.

@jaredlanny03 5 жыл бұрын

Good content. I'm glad I found it. If I may, I'd recommend making sure that your audio levels don't exceed a certain decibel point - your speaking voice is very quiet, particularly when you're at the wood pile, so to hear you, I need to crank it up.... but then when you smack wood, or turn the blade on the handle - the percussive and squeaking noises are *very* loud and unpleasant... But the content is great!

@CHARLESCRANFORD 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. I am still working on getting good audio.

@jcclark770 3 жыл бұрын

Mine sharpened only on one side

@CHARLESCRANFORD 3 жыл бұрын

That would be easier to shape the blade. Thank you for your comment.

@DRJMF1 3 жыл бұрын

Splitting thick logs ain’t going to be possible because either the wooden handle will spin in the eye, the weld will break or insufficient torque can be applied to the log due to too short an handle. Ford transit leaf spring steel is stronger, and has its own eye, but it’s difficult straightening the spring steel into a straight froe blade without composing the inherent torsional strength of spring steel eg heating in a forge, thus a hydraulic coil press is needed to do the job right.

@CHARLESCRANFORD 3 жыл бұрын

You can split a thick log, with this froe, as long as it is short. I have already broken a couple of handles, I don't think I could break the weld even if the handle was solid steel. Froes are usually used on short pieces of log, like making shingles, or long pieces that have already been split by other means, like wedges. I have seen people make froes out of old leaf springs and also blacksmithing them from raw steel. Thank you for the comment.