I've got an old axe the Kent shape that I inherited. Thanks for the education! Think I'll dig it out and give it some tlc!
@EmptyGlass9913 сағат бұрын
1980s Land Rover = Modern car :D
@EmptyGlass9915 сағат бұрын
This is the money shot! Everything shiny and clean!
@EmptyGlass9917 сағат бұрын
The Magic Roundabout was narrated by Eric Thompson, father of actress Emma Thompson.
@thatsthewayitgoes918 сағат бұрын
First thing I’d do is bathe screw and slide with oil. Nice find
@KTX6662 күн бұрын
That's a beautiful axe 👍
@coles2012 күн бұрын
Lovely
@incognito5952 күн бұрын
They are worthless. Period. Don't waste your time.
@edwardroberts17302 күн бұрын
Brilliant, you are definitely a master forger. I like your initiative design of the power hammer you should make video about it. However, I consider your comment that wrought iron head with cabin steel cutting edge failed because it was wrought iron would not apply to mild steel as you stated. The clew is the name. Wrought iron is very pure iron, a noble metal which is why it does not oxidise away like mild steel. Unfortunately the manufacturer process in the early 1800’s left a lot of inclusions in the iron that I suspect was the reason for failure. Mild steel is an alloy this causes the atomic space lattice structure to stressed which gives it strength and toughness. Therefore a mild steel head with a forge welded cabin steel cutting edge would not fail as you suggested.👍
@lb71362 күн бұрын
your videos are such a joy. i have only very basic knowledge of wood working and none of metals. You explain things with modesty and with interest for all levels incl the most basic. you are not afraid of failure. it is inspiring: just have a go 😃
@EmptyGlass992 күн бұрын
Even 7 years ago, £6 for those bearings seems like a bargain.
@nineteenandfortyone2 күн бұрын
Nice looking axe. There used to be one about that size in each home in the town where I grew up for chopping kindling wood for the range.
@Mr.Feelgood.3 күн бұрын
Would adding an additional handle on the flypress be beneficial? I noticed how you was pushing the ball on the opposite side of the handle on occasions. Condolences regarding your Grandad, what a legend of a real bloke.
@sffpv96713 күн бұрын
Awesome effort mate. The axe look absolutely stunning!
@christopherkise3 күн бұрын
One could go out and work, feel the man. And use some of these money to buy an axe. Or one could do life a favour and lay a piece of your personality into your work like this. I am so impressed by your way of living. ❤ - thank you for sharing your knowledge and a view into this - i am sure (just as frustrating as the rest of us) but wonderful life.
@PDLiggett3 күн бұрын
Came back to rewatch this wonderful Grandad episode. What a cool guy and a neat relationship between you both. This, and any other footage you captured, Max, will make great memories! ~Tallyho, Grandad.
@cbmsysmobile3 күн бұрын
So long as you didn't try to eat the axe head and sharpen the potato....
@user-fq2cf6xf2s3 күн бұрын
Great work Max your skills, tenacity and commitment to the project is an example to us all.
@dancarter4823 күн бұрын
It's dark now and raining - for a change - itching to get out there and give it a go!
@dancarter4823 күн бұрын
_FASCINATING_ ~ The things we take for granted!
@dancarter4823 күн бұрын
_FASCINATING_ ~ The things we take for granted!
@janhemmer81813 күн бұрын
Why would it have to be symmetrical? You move an axe always in a curve, so if you put the bigger radius on the end, it has a kind of streamline!
@Craig-w4k3 күн бұрын
Was Skye covered with forest before humans arrived?
@Pete.Ty13 күн бұрын
👍👍👍. Thanks Max
@svenmarksven3 күн бұрын
Hi max , I see you have a large felling axe ,I’m have one the same with no handle , is there any way you would be willing to make me one the same as you have , thanks , Marc
@maximusironthumper3 күн бұрын
The felling axe handle is only a cheap one I bought from a farm store about 20 years ago - as good if not better than one I could make!
@timbrownblacksmithandknife56483 күн бұрын
When you're checking the hardness with the hrc files you need to clean the forge scale off first otherwise it will give you inaccurate results
@maximusironthumper3 күн бұрын
Any scale or oxide is gone with the first few strokes of the files.
@matthewwakeham22063 күн бұрын
The comment on the hill walking being not worth it just highlights the disconnect in today's world between effort and reward. No-one wants to do anything hard these days. They just want the reward. I think that underlies the mental health crisis we are seeing. We are mentally set up for a hard work reward cycle. I used to help train teenagers for two day expedition walking. It's the hardest thing most of them will ever do. The sense of achievement they get at the end when they complete the final expedition (run by the army on Dartmoor) is incomparable. If they come back for 3 or 4 years and complete the longest 55 mile expedition then you get people with some real grit for life's challenges. You aren't indestructible but you have that knowledge that you can do something immensely hard and come out the other side of it with not much more than blisters and a massive sense of achievement. There is no real comparison to travelling through a landscape on your own two feet. Most things in life are very hard to start with but get easier the more you persevere. Education is the most worrying thing people give up. It's not so much gathering factual knowledge that's important it's about learning how to learn new things. I never understand how people can decide to stop learning after they leave school and basically spend the rest of their lives avoiding learning anything new or thinking any differently.
@EmptyGlass993 күн бұрын
I like the format of your videos - no fluff, just get on with it, with plenty of useful insights on what you're doing and why, in a fantastic workshop.
@Grahame593 күн бұрын
Superb result and hugely educational. Many thanks.
@EmptyGlass993 күн бұрын
Ever since doing a term of metalwork at school in the 80s I've wanted to try smithing again, but my neighbours would have a fit!
@maximusironthumper3 күн бұрын
When having a big party the best way to get the neighbours on board is to invite them along - maybe it's the same with blacksmithing!?
@Oodle-ox2vf3 күн бұрын
You are in the position where you can make new tools using tools that you also made. This is very satisfying. 🙂
@matthewgrallert16033 күн бұрын
Nice work, man
@53WRX3 күн бұрын
Superb axe Max, well done for seeing it through 😊👍
@panzerk860shepard43 күн бұрын
Safety Glasses!!? Steel bits hurt more than feasible in ur eyes!
@jackdawg45793 күн бұрын
In my opinion, fly presses are about as useful as teets on a bull! Never had much luck with them, a lot of swinging, doesn't seem to do much more work than swinging the hammer anyway.
@maximusironthumper3 күн бұрын
If you can hot cut a piece of truck leaf spring by swinging a hammer as fast as I did with the flypress I would impressed indeed!