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well, ive replaced the head and the handle- and i have to agree it is a much better axe now
So you basically got a new axe
+lordmcted Jacked up the radiator cap, and put a new car under it ;-).
lordmcted haha just like Trigger's broom.
aay fools n horses :p
I cut mine 3 times and it's still short!
Can we take a moment to appreciate that he's using a vise, to hold a vise, to hold a clap.
You mean clamp?
@@roberthamilton9245 unless he did some naughty things with that second vise
Bleddih yanks. It’s a vice*. Also, clamp.
@@dr.2335 chill
@@pivotalpigeon2914 .... nahh....
I like how at 0:56 there's a clamp holding a clamp holding a clamp!
And this, boys and girls, is how tools are made.
I just use a flame to carefully burn off the varnish. This also dries the wood so it will absorb more boiled linseed oil, which I rub in with steel wool. Note that when the varnish was applied, it will have penetrated deeper into any exposed pores, so there is an extra reservoir of varnish in these areas that will burn longer (like a candle) and deeper into the wood if you let it. On ring-porous woods like ash, these pores correspond with the growth rings, so if you rub back the wood before oiling it, you can achieve a nice contrast between the charred pores and the naturally coloured wood, as the Japanese practice of Yakisugi does with cypress.
I like the way you produced this video. It had a very calming/soothing effect in addition to being informative. Happy that you all are home.
Cody, these videos are your wheel house! As a long time subscriber, these are by far my favorite. Very enjoyable! Thank you for the time and effort you put into providing all of us with education and entertainment. It is truly appreciated.
The very best part of these videos is how obvious it is how much you love the entire process. You make us want to run right out to the garage and build a house with tools we've restored ourselves.
I only have a few woodworking tools and a very simple, fiberglass-handled axe, but I still appreciate all of the tips and tricks on this channel. Thanks for doing what you do; I hope you can keep going for as long as you have the desire!
Welcome back; I hope you enjoyed your time in Texas.
So... where are the "5 Simple Upgrades" ?? Must have accidentally missed them ;o) I think the title should read : "How to un-varnish your axe".
Dutch Prepper I was waiting for that too. Darn rambling.
Dutch Prepper , unfortunately I have to agree with you on this one. He totally blew chunks on this video.
More like 5 tools to strip the varnish
looked like he was selling tools...not upgrading his axe!
I laughed when he said that the handles got sprayed sorry but that’s really labour intensive they all get dipped in a tank so it can be done many at one time
Great video Cody! Glad your travel was fun and you all made it home safe.
I agree. I have seen all of your videos and the video of you and Mrs W taking down that big tree is by far my favorite.
your videos are awesome. i have loved this channel for years. i am fixing to do just that, remove varnish from an axe handle. love the way you do things. when i first see the video and how long it is i go, o no (cause my time on the internet is so limited) but then when it starts the time goes by so fast. an awesome video as always. thanks for sharing (my go to guy for axes). its what brought me to this channel.
Loved the close up on the blade edges.... really cool.
I'm glad you had a great time in Texas. I lived there for over 20 yrs and I will always keep a place in my heart for the Lone Star state
glad you all enjoyed Texas. my wife and I had a great time meeting and talking to you all. and America is taking about playing with Jack at the meet and greet.
Great video, I'm really looking forward to this series and learning some tips I have a Snow & Healy felling axe that is nice but I've long wanted to make it better and now your tips will help to do that!
Cody, when I was in blacksmith/bladesmith school our instructors simply torched the handles to burn off the varnish. It worked in just a minute or less and the toasted handle actually had a nice raised grain finish that weathered in very well over time. Not sure what your opinion would be of having a handle blackened like these were but it worked very well and left a very usable handle. As a new student, with new tools I was not exactly in love with it at first but now it's my preferred method.
I just did an axe handle tonight, but I don't have a spoke shave. I improvised by taking about a foot of steel pallet banding and filing a chisel edge in the center of it. it worked really well as the flexible banding allows you to form it around the curves and peel a large area. only downer is it's really soft steel so I had to touch up the edge twice during the process.
Love your videos! wish I lived the way you do. I'm 22 years old so I'm learning off of you already.
Very helpful thanks ,hope you and your family had a great trip.
I love all your videos and watching your videos made me decide to restore an axe as a gift. Thank you, keep up the good work
so nice to see someone sharing what they love!! God bless!!
Great timing! I have a new small forest axe coming to me in the next week or so. Look forward to the upcoming videos.
Great tips Cody. Thanks.
Wow, great info here! Good video detailing axe edges and handles.
Your video's have been so helpful. You've helped me turn my axe tinkering into a hobby.
Your videos get me thru stressful days at work.. Thank you so much!!
I just love ur tutorials on repair and retore tools.
Good to see the cruiser back in a video.
"Electron microscope" love this humor, just flies over some people's heads XD
i liked the stranuations myself
I caught that too Raid. He couldn't afford an electron microscope in the first place.
The only reason I jumped to the comments was the reference to the “electron microscope”. We use electron microscopes at work...this is NOT an electron microscope. This is a store bought student microscope, say from Target or Amazon.
I felt like the guy that sold it to him told him it was an electron microscope
I have seen pictures from an electron microscope....lolNOT the same
wow. you have hit your stride with these videos. A joy to watch and a lovely meditation.
Great tips and videography as always!
I've missed these types of videos. Welcome back sir.
love the way you get the varnish off with the knife! although you dull you knife a bit. keep em coming!
Awesome info, always a pleasure to watch/listen to your channel while i work my desk job, wishing i was doing something more hands on! My mother teaches art and always said 'stry-AY-shun'
I'm delighted and laughing that you posted this today. I just bought a new hatchet this morning and was thinking about the best way to get the varnish off. I think that the knife method will work nicely. Thanks!
Thank you, continuing until the end. Got some thinning to do on my property and I'm looking to replace my cheap home depot axe that broke. Looking to things more efficient by axe and hand.
I don't mind your long videos, could watch axe stuff all day long. Love them, thanks.
Cody I know you have to do a variety of videos to keep the channel fresh and different, but it is great to see a video like this again on the channel. Keep them coming.
Thank you so much for these!!!! I just bought a Husqvarna carpenters axe. These vids are a treat!
Love the new music! Very much looking forward to hearing more in your videos Cody...
Many thanks. Another truly superb and educational video. Keep up the good work.
thanks for the video. love watching your movies👍. never stop making them❤
Thank you for this, I learned a lot!
Growing up here & there, sometimes I lived far into the woods, & other times living in a city, Now that I am out of city limits, Once again returning to basic's & I realize the beauty & necessity of having a good axe & or several. I have never really sat down & considered the beauty of a good axe however, lately, I am appreciating them more so!
Always love your axe vids Cody.
never have i ever heard of someone recommending getting a good lamp but it makes so much sense. to be able to see your work in full is so important i think we take it for granted and work with crummy light just because and not think about it.
Excellent tutorial and an eye-opener to me to see a knife used as a scraper like this. I really like the way the wood fibres are cleanly severed rather than roughed up. The knife itself is stunning - I'd not come across Deering before. Looks like the Woodchuck model perhaps. Bone scales?
I love that knife ...such a nice gift that guy gave ya...great vid. God bless you and your family
A properly sharpened card scraper is sharpened to a 90 degree angle then has a burr rolled over on the edge then is pulled at a 45 degree angle to the wood. This gives you the very fine removal of material like the knife method you use with the ability to bend the scraper to remove material evenly on inside and outside curves, by far the best, quickest and easiest way to remove the varnish if you choose to do so. They also do not generally come factory sharpened from the manufacturer.
I did not know that Bahco made card scrapers - Thanks. Good video as usual. Pleasure to watch.
This is why I love your channel. I feel Like I am there! I have gotten hooked on Paul Sellers channel after to mentioned him a while again because he does things in a similar way. Can't wait until you all come to PA. My family and I really look forward to meeting you all. Thank You for sharing your Life with us. You have been a real Blessing!
+paemt6220 Thank you. See you there!
That is a beautiful Deering kniv! It also looks very functional
I enjoy your videos. Glad you are into axes. I like knives as well. Keep up the good work and God bless you.
Try boiled linseed oil and turpentine. Also I've used penotral for fiberglass ladders and shovel handles left out all winter in southern Oregon
I've never enjoyed the feel of my main hammer. It has a slightly larger than desired handle but a great shape. It also has a varnish on it which I never liked because of the reasons you stated, mostly slippery. A few of your videos have given me great ideas for how to come at the handle to fit my own hand. Thanks, sir!
First ..Beautiful work to Josh on his cover song on the last video and I hope to hear more. Also.. Those of us who really want to learn enjoy and appreciate the long detailed videos so as long as you enjoy making them .. please keep them coming and thank you.
Picked up my Karesuando Hatchet from Casstrom knives and what a quality product. Lovely curly birch handle and arrived sharp enough to cut, although it did cost £150.
I greatly admire the passion that you put into everything you do and it is very refreshing thank you sir
Best hair piece I've ever seen. The Science today is just life changing.
When you started working with the fixed blade that sound was so satisfying
About a year ago i purchased the Husqvarna 26in multi pourpse axe and i am indeed very happy. It is the perfect size for me. (I am 13)
if only if only, haha. my dad has an old true temper double bit
lets hope! i have been going to all the yard sames i my area
🖒thumbs up bud. Make sure you don't chop something your not supposed to. But have fun 🗣👈
i can only speak for myself but i really don't care how long your video's are because they are always informative and plainly just a lot of fun.so keep on making your vids how YOU want! and i'm one subscriber who will always watch without complaints.so sir thank you for your time.
back to some old style cody vids. ..love it
I got a marbles camp axe and boy was it sharp out of the box . used it on two outdoor trips and it hold a great edge
Take your time! I would love to see all that you have to offer! Make the videos long!!!
Great video Cody!
I really enjoyed your ax handle refinish video. Tom from Pa.
I am so very glad that my fellow Texans made you feel right at home. I am so sorry that I didn't make it to see you but I am legally blind, so I needed someone to drive me... so if you could please, please, please give as much of an advanced notice as you can give or maybe a web site that we can go to that shows where you are going to be all year..( this will allow me to find someone willing to drive me there ). I know it would be a pain to do but I have wanted to meet you guys for over 5 years , it will happen someday... please remember to have a blessed day :)
Great info for all us axe nerds........thanks for sharing.
Your videos are NOT too long. If you are familiar with the TED Talk program and the book Talk Like Ted, they have done a lot of research and found that the 18 minute range is ideal for a presentation of one subject. Thanks for doing what you do.
+Tim Flynn Thanks Tim
Really helpful video, thanks!
Good video. Nice to see various methods. Thanks
Awesome videos Wranglerstar.
I have been using the fine side of an old horseshoe rasp to take varnish off of my handles and I really like the finish it leaves.
Im sorry to say that at first I didn't like your channel but after watching a few more of your videos I have subscribed :) I love your workmanship and passion for what you do and that's great, keep the awesome videos coming!
Cody I actually have a method for removing varnish that works really well. It's super cheap and VERY effective. All you do is break off a piece of flat glass so that it has a curve in it, and the perpendicular edge is very nice to scrape off varnish and wood as well. I use it all the time to work on wood handles. It makes very nice curls and works much better than that card scraper.
+Chemistry, Films, and More; I saw an old movie where the principal characters were jawing in the foreground, a scraggly looking craftsman was in the back drawing a piece of broken wine bottle over a spoke or some handle he was shaping. real shavings came from the work. I was impressed!
+grodad Yeah it's not a joke! It really works and it's my go to method.
mine too. right on. :) (no sanding either)
I so enjoy your videos! I hope the grammar police will not cite me for the way in which I have phrased that, LOL. I really don’t care how anyone “cringes”. All kidding aside, I have watched many of your videos and I have been inspired by your passion and appreciation for detail. Also, I find your love for your family so refreshing. I am so happy for you Brother. My hope is that your awesome life continues for many years to come. To quote an old wise dude, “live long and prosper”.
Cody when I joined our fire department we hung all our own axes and other tools. We scraped the wooden handles with broken window glass and NEVER used sandpaper. Everything then got a very well rubbed in coat of linseed oil. Rubbed in by hand until it was HOT. We also scraped our wood extension ladders every five years or so, including the 40" ladder. That took a week or more.( I have always felt the flaming the handle with a torch to burn off all the little fibers leaves the best finished handle to oil.)
An Axe Video! Feels like old times. Thanks. Great job.
If you don't mind a darkened handle, use a propane torch. It takes a little practice, to not let the handle surface get charred spots.. But this will lift off the varnish/polyurethane, toughen up the handle's surface, and prep it to soak up BLO faster than it otherwise might.
EgaoKage ya but that can be pretty rough on your hands even if you’re careful
Nice vid Cody. :) You can use pretty much anything with a sharp 90° angle as a scraper. I have used a hardened steel cleat from where I work (we have alot of them) It worked beautifully!. A peice of broken glass workes really well too! as long as you're confident holding glass. :)
Wranglerstar makes a Friday night awesome. Thanks!
+Ben L. Thank you.
Great wee video👍🏻
Mrs. W is awesome, nothing better than seeing a woman out in the woods doing woods things with a big ole smile on her face. Shes a keeper, Mr. W! lol
Thanks for the tips on removing the varnish. I had learned to use a broken piece of glass to scrape the varnish off the same way. Compared to the knife it is MUCH slower depending on the size of the glass shard. That's the way that I had learned and broken glass can be found in most places, unfortunately, if you didn't have the right tools. Thanks again for the tips!
PH Forestry
I like to use a spackle knife (aka a spatula) with one side squared off on a bench stone. To prepare it for scraping you just set the side of the spatula 90° on the stone and grind until you get a slight burr on both sides. This burr will do the scraping - you can get all fancy and instead deburr first and then put on a new, finer burr with a burnishing steel for a slightly better finish, but I didn't find that neccessary for axe handles. This modification basically gives you a card scraper with a handle + you can still use it for its original purpose of spackling.
Great video! Thanks for the shout out! I'm glad one of my songs fit your video. I'll be sending the new music once we get back in the studio.
+Josh Merrell I am so sorry Josh I misspelled your last name. I'll get it right next time, C
Great video Cody
a heat gun or torch(if you're careful) lifts varnish right off
I like the clamp idea will for sure give it a try
Thank you. I just bought two new axes, both 3.5lb Michigan Style axes by Garant which were available at Canadian Tire. I bought two of the only three Garant Axes that had heads stamped "India". All of the other Garant axes were stamped from China. The difference between the Chinese and the Indian axes, were noticeable from the distance of down the aisle upon approach. The Indian steel axes are vastly, vastly superior. I can't spend hundreds of dollars on an Axe, bought I got both of these for 150 dollars after tax. Nice hickory handles have excellent grain patterns on them, and will clean up nicely. Anyway, I can't believe that the next axes on the shelf by the same company, were the same price but a fraction of the quality. What a time to be alive.
I love these fine wood working videos I am a big fan wish I had one of those axes
the way i took all the varnish and paint off my bacho was with a burner. i burnt it all off then sanded it back untill i had a nice contrast between the black and wood. then linseed oil. the paint on the head came off nicely with acetone. she looks amazing now. mine came with a very blunt edge. cuts nice and deep now though.
Need more like this.
Agree with the boiled linseed oil. Makes it feel like an older, quality tool from years ago. I've removed the varnish/lacquer using a fine wire wheel on my low rpm grinder; works well, did NOT remove the wood (are at least very little), and was quick. Wear a respirator, though, and safety specks or a face shield.
I'm confused, the title says 5 upgrades but i only saw 1.
thedr00 15:40
I had a piece of drift wood that I had whittled down to the shape and length that I needed it for a aquarium center piece using a fixed blade that my uncle gave me years ago for my birthday it was the first time I really used it, I sharpened it up so nicely that all I had to do for the hours I was using it was strap it
Great video thanks for sharing atb John