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Outdoor Section => The Axe Hole => Topic started by: Gerhard Gerber on May 23, 2016, 04:24:00 PM
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Hi Everybody
I watched a youtube video the other day where a claw hammer is forged into a hatchet.
My cousin gave me a claw hammer head, the fiber glass handle snapped off. Plan was to maybe use it as a cut-off tool or something, so I got rid of the claws with a grinder leaving the solid piece.
Since my cousin is turning 40 this year, I got the idea to forge his discard hammer into a pretty little hatchet for him.
I'll post some pics of the hammer now and update the thread over the coming months.
Stay tuned :D
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Nice, looking forward to this project :salute:
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Nice, looking forward to this project :salute:
+1
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:popcorn:
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I'm with these Guys :tu:
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Yep can't wait to see the end result :cheers:
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Hope to light the fire and start hammering on Saturday.
The birthday is only end of November, but I find myself not wanting to do the other things left to be done :facepalm:
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2rohjt2.jpg)
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:popcorn:
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Is it done yet? :pok:
Looking forward to seeing how this comes out mate. :cheers:
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Is it done yet? :pok:
Looking forward to seeing how this comes out mate. :cheers:
Hi Gareth
Sorry, forge stayed cold this weekend while I finished the little puukku.
I did however score an old round file, so definitely next weekend :salute:
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Is it done yet? :pok:
Looking forward to seeing how this comes out mate. :cheers:
Hi Gareth
Sorry, forge stayed cold this weekend while I finished the little puukku.
I did however score an old round file, so definitely next weekend :salute:
:salute: can't wait to see what you come up with :tu:
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Made a start
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2yyba0l.jpg)
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Great shot there mate. :salute:
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Great shot there mate. :salute:
Yeah that glowing red metal is so :dd: :D
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I need to make wedge to open the hole or keep it open, but so far so good.
The spike is coming along nicely, the head is about 30-40% to where it needs to be.
I was planning on doing some more forging on Saturday, but I realised there are too many other projects like the other 14C28 knife, that one is for my dad and his 70th birthday is in about 10 days.....
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Any progress on this one Gerhard?
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Hi Gareth
It's one session further along, I'll need to fire up the forge once more for a bit of work on the spike and some general straightening, then the grinding can begin.
Fortunately the birthday is only end of November :facepalm:
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Fortunately the birthday is only end of November :facepalm:
Life hey? :facepalm:
I know some of you might find this hard to believe, but I'm having a very hard time finding a stump to mount my anvil on....
I was given a one, top had been chopped but the bottom end was still firmly attached to......roots.
I've had 3 sessions with every saw I have or could borrow, and the only result so far is a smurfed rotator cuff muscle it seems....
At first I thought it was extremely cool that the tree bleeds red, but it turns out the red, sugary sap just binds up everything. Almsot a whole can of WD40 didn't help much from the 2nd session on.
I'll need to rent a chainsaw at some stage.......
Long story short - smurfed shoulder, unmounted anvil that will further smurf the shoulder, so the Birthday Hatchet will be replaced by a hunting knife made from a Nicholson file with brown, black and white micarta.
Blade has been profiled and micarta made.
The hatchet will definitely be finished at some stage, most likely during my december "holiday"
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Sorry to hear about your shoulder mate. :-\ Take it easy and make sure it heals up. :salute:
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Sorry to hear about your shoulder mate. :-\ Take it easy and make sure it heals up. :salute:
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This :salute:
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Sorry to hear about your shoulder mate. :-\ Take it easy and make sure it heals up. :salute:
Sorry to hear about the injury so heal up buddy :cheers: Also would enjoy pics of the knife and that will make up for it :D
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Thanks everybody :salute:
I went for a sonar which was inconclusive, GP referred me to a speSmurfpillst with an excess payment I couldn't (read: refused to) afford.
Went a previous generation GP who felt around a bit, stuck a needle in and informed me if it doesn't get better I need to go to above mentioned speSmurfpillst anyway.... :facepalm:
So far so good, but not black-smithing or mosquito swatting for now :facepalm:
Considering the intended recipient I can't share the process on FB, so I'll make a new thread in the relevant section.
I will tell you this, the micarta looks stunning......BUT :facepalm:
Temperature has a huge effect on the process, and it is smurf-hot here right now. While making the micarta my first batch of polyester resin went to goop about halfway through.
I dumped it out and mixed up a new batch, as had happened before there were some blobs from the previous batch mixed in......never caused problems before.
This time round it set so quickly the blobs of resin are visible and it actually warped the whole slab because it was under pressure.
I said it was hot.....by 9am yesterday it was 35C, last night at 11pm when I got into bed it was still 26C.
Need to halve the amount of hardner I add at a guess.
More in a new thread, will update this one when the hatchet is done.
.....wish I had a cousin that made knives :rofl:
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Work resumes......no longer a birthday present, just an unfinished project poking its finger in my eye :facepalm:
(http://i63.tinypic.com/23kulci.jpg)
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2v2e5p3.jpg)
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Looking good so far.
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Looking good so far.
+1 :like: It's not the time it takes to do a project like this but the quality of the time you put in it :tu: Can't wait to see the finished product though :D
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So.......got a bit lazy, no way I wanted to try and get it smooth.......hammer tone finish! :whistle:
(http://i63.tinypic.com/30cpod5.jpg)
(http://i67.tinypic.com/24nh7y0.jpg)
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No idea what the steel is, but it didn't want oil quench, had to go again and quench in water.....no pings and it hardened! :salute:
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2i8eyrc.jpg)
(http://i65.tinypic.com/34h98o2.jpg)
And sharpened today:
(http://i63.tinypic.com/15y7tyr.jpg)
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2elrygw.jpg)
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.....which was a stupid move because now comes the part I don't like.....the woodwork :facepalm:
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Hammery goodness :tu:
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You might not be looking forward to the doing the woodwork, but we're looking forward to seeing it. :tu:
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Awesome 8) Can't wait to see it with a handle and ready to use :dd: :like:
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What did you do to smooth it out?
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What did you do to smooth it out?
Hi Yud
Sorry, don't quite understand your question?
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Cut myself to shreds while fitting the handle, really stupid move to sharpen it....... :facepalm:
Anyway, glued yesterday, and fortunately rather last minute I remembered I meant to etch it.....
I bought the Ferric Chloride powder more than a year ago, finally mixed it up and played a bit last Sunday. The attempt at a maker's mark on my knives was a flop.......
......but the axe looks really sweet!
Don't mean to be a tease, need to do a bit of clean-up, handle sanding and oiling, then I'll post some pics.
:cheers:
The best part is it's an amazing (and probably deadly) little toy! >:D
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:popcorn:
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So.......got a bit lazy, no way I wanted to try and get it smooth.......hammer tone finish! :whistle:
(http://i63.tinypic.com/30cpod5.jpg)
(http://i67.tinypic.com/24nh7y0.jpg)
How did you get that finish?
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:popcorn:
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Can't wait to see pics :dd: :like:
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:popcorn:
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So.......got a bit lazy, no way I wanted to try and get it smooth.......hammer tone finish! :whistle:
(http://i63.tinypic.com/30cpod5.jpg)
(http://i67.tinypic.com/24nh7y0.jpg)
How did you get that finish?
Many hits with a small ball peen hammer and a sanding disk & angle grinder.
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(http://i67.tinypic.com/311swh0.jpg)
(http://i65.tinypic.com/33usupf.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2hn6m94.jpg)
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2v95k.jpg)
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Nice one G :tu:
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Thanks :cheers:
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Cool Hatchet :like: :tu:
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So.......got a bit lazy, no way I wanted to try and get it smooth.......hammer tone finish! :whistle:
(http://i63.tinypic.com/30cpod5.jpg)
(http://i67.tinypic.com/24nh7y0.jpg)
How did you get that finish?
Many hits with a small ball peen hammer and a sanding disk & angle grinder.
Alright, look really good.
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That's fantastic mate. :like:
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That looks really good GG :tu: :like: :like:
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Thanks dudes! :salute:
My initial impressions are confirmed, everybody that's held it doesn't want to put it down again! :rofl: