Steambending a handle for an 1800s Broad Axe

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Urban Lumberjack

Жыл бұрын

Restoring an 1800s Broad Axe, and steam bending a handle.

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@brettbrown9814 Жыл бұрын

That project turned out very well and your preserving mixture made the handle look like it had been on for years. Very clear explanations!

@kurts64 Жыл бұрын

Nice work on the axe, came out well! That handle treatment mix 👌

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@Brian2bears Жыл бұрын

Mr. Stuart...living history...very nice..I noticed your "stickered" boards in the shed. Very well done on the broad axe, well documented.

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

Thank you! The red oak on the right is fully seasoned! Our family needs a new dining room table, and I’m going to give building that a shot

@dimitarangelov5758 6 ай бұрын

Браво майсторе много добра работа научих много благодаря поздрави от България желая ти здраве

@urbanlumberjack 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and hello from Georgia, USA! Bulgaria makes excellent axes, very talented black smiths. Good health to you too!

@tolbaszy8067 8 ай бұрын

I hew logs on the top surface, swinging the axe in a horizontal arc. I don't make v notches, but use the axe like a big chisel and score the log on that top surface by chopping down on the log at a slight angle with the bevel down. I then hew those raised chips with the bevel up. This method of hewing a beam does not require a curved handle, and I carve handles out of riven sections of an appropriate hardwood. You can also hew from either side of the log.

@ethicalaxe Жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful hewer. I really have to make some bent handles one day. My friend told me about using cardboard for steam bending. Thought that was very smart. This technique with boiling water is very simple and easy though.

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

Definitely the easiest method I’ve seen! How does the cardboard method work?

@ethicalaxe Жыл бұрын

@@urbanlumberjack you put a hole in a cardboard box and just steam it like a wood box. It's also very simple and cheap. Much easier than making a box out of something like plywood. I've also seen just putting tinfoil over a boiling pot and sticking the handle in.

@MattKeevil Жыл бұрын

Great video, I am saving this for the day I eventually get to set up a hewing axe!

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I hope this helps, lots of broad axes out there but most need new handles. Super easy to make one!

@bluegrassoutdoors Жыл бұрын

Wow, great job! Very neat technique. Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work my friend. This is a handy technique to know about.

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! You too I subbed to your channel.

@axemanmike4390 Жыл бұрын

That was AMAZING! Whod've thunk it?! Where there's a WILL, there is a way! Thanks for sharing!! 👏👍👌

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and the encouragement! It's a joy to use. I have a fresh load of oak logs being delivered as I type this and am looking forward to hewing them into beams!

@earthsciteach Жыл бұрын

Much respect to the guys who swung those big hewing axes all day. Those are heavy!

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

They were real ones for sure. Amazing people

@rakersdownnz Жыл бұрын

Cool, that is a beautiful cheeked head, you got way more movement than I thought you would, and it held so well. Good to see you don't let Buggin goats put you off the task 🐐

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

I’m very happy to be able to use it! Those goats keep me on my toes for sure

@rakersdownnz Жыл бұрын

@@urbanlumberjack As do my wife's ducks 🙂 I bought my first broad axe head, hence looking up your content, which was top notch information, tnx much !

@stuckmannen3876 Жыл бұрын

Could you do a video on that wood-perserving mixture?? :)

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

I’m still tinkering with it a bit! Hoping to put something out there soon though, im really happy with it

@brettbrown9814 Жыл бұрын

I watched a KZfaq video several years ago titled Broad Axe Hanging the AUSTRALIAN Way (ft. Steve Lehmann) which was re-posted on Zach Hevner channel. It seems to cover the other approach to wedging that you mentioned in your video. You might find it interesting.

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

That sounds great, thanks for the recommendation.

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

That sounds great, thanks for the recommendation.

@vasilelaviniu1252 8 ай бұрын

Superrr ! The Best !

@urbanlumberjack 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@loganstephens4417 Жыл бұрын

I have one that I'm in the process of restoring and it's my first real resotation but it's an 1832. It looks almost the same as the one you have.

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Hope this helps. Really special to have something that old and still use it

@margaretaltvater8765 7 ай бұрын

great info and video! How many inches did you make your handle? After hewing with it. was it a good fit or would you have preferred a little longer/shorter? thanks

@urbanlumberjack 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’ll have to recheck on the length. Maybe 20 inches or so as I recall? It works well, I use it often. I could stand even more bend. Next one I do will be hung very open, as well as offset.

@kitrobbo1696 Жыл бұрын

Hi is the first time I’ve watched your KZfaq channel and most impressed I have a broad X that I’m restoring at the moment and I am wondering what the length of the handle is cheers and thank you for a good show cheers kit looking forward to more

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video! The handle is 24 inches long. Good luck on your project!