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Great info, thanks. I taught my 10yo son how to replace an axe handle a few weeks ago, something my dad taught me at about that age. Gotta keep these things going! We need a walk around on the truck in the background too!
@wheelin66bronco Жыл бұрын
Love that truck in the background
@jacobheather8755 Жыл бұрын
At 70 years old it’s always fun to learn new things, great job young man!
@richardf9137 Жыл бұрын
Thank you 👍
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Another great video. One of the best I have seen on replacing an axe handle.
@AndyH-13 Жыл бұрын
Good info guys. I'm glad to see Jacob out & about. All of ya take care. Later from Northern Michigan.
@billyb.9878 Жыл бұрын
I learned a lot from this video. Always good content coming from your arsenal.
@mikeboldt2647 Жыл бұрын
As a wood worker and wood turner. I use your standard wood glue on my precut bowl blanks to prevent checking in the drying process. You could always add a couple coats of exterior grade wood glue to help stop the checking on the butt the handle. Great video, love seeing people make things by hand
@vtcrafter6626 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tip 👍
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
I use natural bees wax to seal my handles up, leaves a nice grippy feel too
@blakejohn8374 Жыл бұрын
You guys are awesome, keep up the good work. Gotta get one of those handles, they look great.
@kroach471 Жыл бұрын
I ordered a couple handles Saturday night. Can’t wait to get them. Gotta find a couple heads worthy of them. Also stoked to try the new McT liner!
@logjammin7049 Жыл бұрын
such a great video Gordy thanks i needed this video it helped me a lot for hanging my first axe.
@emfelling8384 Жыл бұрын
Great video guys always on the lookout for more tips
@buck1978 Жыл бұрын
beautiful hang and beautiful axe
@trishaplescia9234 Жыл бұрын
Great information!! Wish I had an axe and a need to hang it.....kinda looks like fun!! Back before fiberglass handled sledges, I replaced a couple handles that got broken off when I was working in construction. It wasn't pretty or refined!!! Love the tips to keep the handle in good shape! Have a great week guys!!
@markroper9269 Жыл бұрын
Great info,gonna get a handle and follow it through again tomorrow
@danielperry3008 Жыл бұрын
Been looken, pulled the trigger Ordered my handle today and can't wait to get it. Y'all must know we can't wate to get our stuff I think it was in the mail 30 min after I ordered . Thanks guys appreciate the videos and great service from real American people getting it done. Love it...
@JohnBrown-qk8yz Жыл бұрын
Nice Handle, NICE JOB!!! Looks Good!!! West Coast!!!
@jimbrown4661 Жыл бұрын
Definitely will be picking one up.
@zachgordon9531 Жыл бұрын
Good stuff. I use the drawknife as well as a rasp with good success. However, I’ve found an angle grinder with a flap disk is a game changer in shaping the handle to go in to the eye…that is if you want to go the power tool route.
@thewwoods4557 Жыл бұрын
Have you tried the sandpaper disc attachments you can put on the grinder? You can get down to 26 grit and it really carves up !
@blakejohn8374 Жыл бұрын
Hoffman Blacksmithing also has a video with some hanging tips. Nice job, just received a couple of your handles, very nice!
@Smokey66s11 ай бұрын
Great! I will pit these tips to use. Thanks, Gordy and Garrett and Jake
@ChrisLascari Жыл бұрын
Awsome glad this video is helpful 👍
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Very nice ! I really like that axe head . I need one
@leprechaungarage Жыл бұрын
Awesome video Gordy!! Keep up the awesome work and products.
@danielbenedict9236 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for excellent content
@petermccuskey1832 Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah, nice job guys! 🤙🏼
@mattwood9981 Жыл бұрын
Deadly axe!!
@jeffschroeder9089 Жыл бұрын
Swear I’ve seen that axe head before 🧐
@logjammin7049 Жыл бұрын
Great video Gordy!! Always fixing Tube Salads stuff lol Good to see you all working together keep up the great work!!
@Zach_R Жыл бұрын
Yea he’s good at getting me to do that your right huh 🤣
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video Gordy
@trentparker6180 Жыл бұрын
Nice one!I have old Finnish axe heads Billnäs and newer Fiskars waiting on new handles that im hanging in some point with my son and daughter! Thanks for nice tips! 👍🏻
@ServicestarOy Жыл бұрын
Love the Finnish axes! im lucky that i live in scandinavia so theyre pretty common here:)
@johanjylha4510 Жыл бұрын
was looking all over and having found this am convinced your video is the best, covers all the steps simply and concisely with advice about all the steps and preservation and also use of tools. Nicely done, now wheres that Gransfors handle.
@J1fcl0wn10 ай бұрын
Nice work!
@davidorban1925 Жыл бұрын
Right on Gordy! Good to see you guys.
@jamesmooney5348 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Nice video, awesome shop and I want that truck 👍
@gregoryenste8459 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful work He makes it look stupid easy And I learned a couple of Tip tricks
@Eric-gi9kg Жыл бұрын
Yea he has done a few but all and all once you get it down it go’s pretty good some faster than others
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
excellent video. thanks.
@billherrick3569 Жыл бұрын
Very nice job hanging that ax, those handles should last a long time. I ordered a handle can’t wait to hang my 5 lb ax on it
@michaelwhiteoldtimer7648 Жыл бұрын
Well done gentleman!
@ethanwilson9814 Жыл бұрын
Awesome class. Looking forward to seeing Jacob use the new handle in an upcoming video. Learned a lot of great old school techniques in this video. I would have never considered only cutting the wedge kerf to 2/3 the eye length. I probably would have cut it too far and proceeded to break the handle.......again.
@IRDeezlSmoke Жыл бұрын
That’s good to hear that these videos are helping you guys out thank you
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
awesome video
@davetylutki Жыл бұрын
That has to be the nicest shop I've ever seen. A few minutes on that pickup in the back would be sweet.
@edoellien2396 ай бұрын
I'm not a professional logger but I do own land here in Oregon with trees that I harvest for firewood and milling into lumber with my sawmill. Its good learning from professionals so I dont kill myself in the process :D I've been needing to put a handle on a wedge banger. Thanks for the video. Perfect timing!
@gotwoodinhead6814 Жыл бұрын
great job, always learn something new! do you use tong oil ? linseed oil is good on wood, but that does not cure or really cross links like paint to seal the surface! do you ever glue the wedge in the slot? thank you for the ax training!
@artillerest43rdva710 ай бұрын
Got a old Forged Steel Jersey head ready for my new WCS handle oh ya! Ps. Could you eventually have a octagon handle as a option? That would be awesome
@cbr600rrturbo Жыл бұрын
Good content
@michaelmeyers1827 Жыл бұрын
Stove lookin sexy AF in the back, haha.
@tbabajan Жыл бұрын
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
@mariushegli Жыл бұрын
As I am gathering climbing and falling kit, I have been hafting or hanging axes. I enjoy the precision that is required in doing it right. Please help me find Morgan? I lost the contact stuff and he was kind enough to write to me. Thank you.
@jetobey5656 Жыл бұрын
I'm lazy. While I have some NICE vintage axe heads... they are all users. I use a 1x30 belt sander to quickly form the eye section 90% of the way and then finish with hand tools. Makes it go real quick. I love axes but I don't particularly enjoy the woodwork part. My goal is to go from "a head and a handle" to "an axe" in the shortest period of time. Can't wait to try one of your new handles. I'll break something sooner than later. Also, when you gonna make a better single dog for the echo 4910/501? The factory piece is kinda dinky. You'd get twice as many per sheet so wouldnt need to do many runs. Little saw doesn't need a huge dog.. but it certainly needs a better designed one...
@mattfleming86 Жыл бұрын
He is much braver with the drawknife than I am. I really like seeing when he started a gouge (go too deep), he stopped, and started to take little chunks around it to clean it. Maybe I was observing wrong but it seems the case. I am more in the 20+ on and off to get the fit.
@jasonmichaeljimenez Жыл бұрын
Your right I think he did get a bitter bit into the wood than he wanted 👍
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Good work. Where do you purchase handles?
@jeffg.67911 ай бұрын
Gordy did you guys put finish on that handle or is that how they come? Edit: nevermind, I asked too soon.
@jesseshort8 Жыл бұрын
Nice bullet vise!!
@E-Glide97 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
loved the video. if you don't mind me asking what apron did Garrett have on like what brand? I'm looking to buy a new apron.
@EasyMoneyCrew Жыл бұрын
I asked Garrett for you he said Calavera tool works They have a Instagram it’s under Calavatool
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
@@westcoastsaw1368 ok thanks so much for asking him i really appreciate it!
@EasyMoneyCrew Жыл бұрын
My nephew broke a handle of mine and instead of talking about it, threw the whole thing in the fireplace and burned out the old handle! I installed a new handle and while sharpening it noticed the metal temper didn't seem to be too messed up. If I find I'm sharpening too often I might pull the handle again and re-heat-treat it if it needs to be a bit harder.
@KristoforJensen6 ай бұрын
Very nice hickory handles! Are those made by Liam Hoffman?
@danielowens47893 ай бұрын
i noticed you said you make the handles on a lathe how exactly ive done a little work with them but its not a round piece is it. it seems more like a egg shape to me could you show how you make the handles too or just explain the technique and also do you sell axes too and if they can be shipped to europe like if the go trought porder controls alright if so i would really like to get one i do a little falling every now and the plan to get into falling more and buying a bigger saw too if there is enough need for one
@karl-egertdaskov6217 Жыл бұрын
Look up “copy lathes” they are specific for reproduction of off round shapes.
@stockbanger Жыл бұрын
We have a video that is on our channel a few videos back that shows the lathe and how it works 👍
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Drift has now entered the chat.
@nickthrane4940 Жыл бұрын
“I’ve got these big arms”😂
@sizemoretreeworks Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Great job on the axe but holy crap thats a big block behind him what is it from?
@justinweaver8107 Жыл бұрын
30” block they would use these for yarding logs
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
No wood glue on the wedge? Probably not always needed, but sure seems to lock them in.
@slow_bike_mike Жыл бұрын
Some guys do both have good points and bad I guess
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
@Westcoast Saw I suppose if you did wind up wanting to re-hang on the same handle, glue wouldn't be ideal. I break mine before they come loose usually. I need better aim.
@slow_bike_mike Жыл бұрын
I want a video on that block/pulley behind Garrett (sp?)
@jasonmichaeljimenez Жыл бұрын
That’s a 30” block
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Nice handle there 👌. I've got a question... What breed is that lathe in the shop?.... looks bit like a boxford of good ole england. Surely it's American one, though?🤔
@Dolmar-Rick Жыл бұрын
It is a old Jet I found a few years back
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
That a beautiful plumb national!!! USA!!!!!
@slaxxx Жыл бұрын
I have a StroAx that's over 40 years old. Still has the original handle.
@brianquigley7336 Жыл бұрын
No way 😍🙌
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
@@westcoastsaw1368 Way !
@brianquigley7336 Жыл бұрын
It has the Stroax stamp ? What weight ? I have a 4lb Stroax
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
@@westcoastsaw1368 Yeah, it's stamped Stroax. Made in Sweden. Mine's a 4 pounder too. I've had several guys that knew what it was, try to steal it. Been a good axe. I bought it from Dick Brown (Cutter's Supply), in Enumclaw, WA, 40 some odd years ago. Don't remember what I paid for it, but $125 seems to come to mind.
@brianquigley7336 Жыл бұрын
Boiled Linseed oil on the entire handle before you hang the axe, at least 4 coats, then apply 10 more coats after the axe is on, then once every month for 12 Month's..
@fredneely1761 Жыл бұрын
Question guys. I have never hafted an axe before. I picked up one of your handles and got an old used Ebay axe head to put together a wedge bander. The eye is longer than the handle. I have not started to haft to yet. Is this somewhat normal in this situation or do I need to find a head with a shorter eye? Seems like Jacobs head was very similar and they just kind of filled it with the wedge. Am I seeing that correctly?
@justinweber1838 Жыл бұрын
That can happen sometimes but if you shape it to fit the big end will be tight then you trim your wedge as long as your eye and it will take up the space in the front 👍if that makes sense
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
@@westcoastsaw1368 That's what I thought but was hesitant to ruin the handle so I really appreciate the confirmation
@justinweber1838 Жыл бұрын
vacuum negative barometric to soak oil, be an interesting experiment
@dondutch4107 Жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@jasoncarroll891 Жыл бұрын
Just got my handle in the mail 2 days ago, Came fast. And she's a beauty! It sure is a bitchin piece of wood shampoo Gordy! Now what axe head do I mount on it? Serious inquiries only 😂 maybe I'll buy another handle and mount an Pulaski head on it 👍👍 my 1st axe I've always had splitting mauls. You ever read the Big Burn Gordy?
@hankschrader149 Жыл бұрын
Gordy the last video you put out in comments you said dm you on telegram was it you or a scammer ?
@gregbrown9271 Жыл бұрын
It sounds like somebody made a fake account. It wasn’t me.
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
@@westcoastsaw1368 they used your same sticker to I just went back to it and reported it
@gregbrown9271 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Is that a big ole Skookum block? Thing must weigh 400 pounds.
@briananderson17818 ай бұрын
I'd put wood glue on the wedge.
@jacobbuckley8232 Жыл бұрын
Anyone know what kinda axe head that is????
@jacksonlewis9101 Жыл бұрын
Yes that is a Plumb National
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Most oils dont expand wood. Dipropylene glycol 80/20 water is swell lock.
@FT4Freedom3 ай бұрын
Boiled linseed has been used for over a hundred years, water dries out and shrinks wood..
@oilburner85486 күн бұрын
@oilburner8548 DPG bonds with the water in the wood. One of the few compounds that actually holds its swell over time. BLO doesn't actually swell wood.
@FT4Freedom5 күн бұрын
👍👍😎😎🤗🤗🙂.
@jimbrown4661 Жыл бұрын
That’s awesome. Does anybody know what happened to John’s custom saws?
@nateolmsted899 Жыл бұрын
No it sounds like he is MIA
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
I follow John’s channel and was wondering why he stopped uploading videos. He did say he was unwell in one of his video’s?
@AndyH-13 Жыл бұрын
@@AndyH-13 yes, that worries me that maybe something happened
@nateolmsted899 Жыл бұрын
Toss them metal wedges . If your gonna use metal in the the best way is barrel wedge. If you hang the head more proud you won’t need any metal wedges
@georgewilson9583 Жыл бұрын
this guy: make sure to put a piece of leather between the vise jaws so you don't mark up your axe head also this guy: proceeds to pommel axe head with the butt of his axe 🤣
@idhatemet00 Жыл бұрын
What are you going to do with all the shavings and clippings? Are you going to build a wooden wig and put it on the axe head?
@ciobster Жыл бұрын
Easier to drift the other direction.
@nickthrane4940 Жыл бұрын
First!
@interiorurbanmining1155 Жыл бұрын
Good sized gap in the top of the eye 👁
@nickthrane4940 Жыл бұрын
1st
@spanishsamurai518 Жыл бұрын
Best way best way best way always... BOILED LINSEED OIL 🪓🤠👍 It'll soak into the wood expand and harden up... The best method an old logger told me is linseed oil everyday for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, once a year for its life. He showed me a wicked gnarly rustic axe he used as a wedge banger before he retired 18 years ago, head was still on rock solid... For me the proof is in the pudding 🍮 It's the way I've been doin' it since 😋 Anyways I got my handles in way before I expected them but what beauties🤘😎👌 As Borat would say "Very Nice!!!" 🤣 Great job Gordy and Thanks again!!! 🪓🤠👍
@C69FH Жыл бұрын
Is that a sappy supply shirt
@l0n3d4nger4 Жыл бұрын
Yep
@westcoastsaw1368 Жыл бұрын
Nice hey Gordy when are we gonna see some WCS 🪓. I think an axe head would look sweet with WCS engraved in it
@bethanyhaskiell9116 Жыл бұрын
You lost me at that absolutely smok’n Wilton vise. Gaga🫠🤤
Great info, thanks. I taught my 10yo son how to replace an axe handle a few weeks ago, something my dad taught me at about that age. Gotta keep these things going! We need a walk around on the truck in the background too!
Love that truck in the background
At 70 years old it’s always fun to learn new things, great job young man!
Thank you 👍
Another great video. One of the best I have seen on replacing an axe handle.
Good info guys. I'm glad to see Jacob out & about. All of ya take care. Later from Northern Michigan.
I learned a lot from this video. Always good content coming from your arsenal.
As a wood worker and wood turner. I use your standard wood glue on my precut bowl blanks to prevent checking in the drying process. You could always add a couple coats of exterior grade wood glue to help stop the checking on the butt the handle. Great video, love seeing people make things by hand
Thank you for the tip 👍
I use natural bees wax to seal my handles up, leaves a nice grippy feel too
You guys are awesome, keep up the good work. Gotta get one of those handles, they look great.
I ordered a couple handles Saturday night. Can’t wait to get them. Gotta find a couple heads worthy of them. Also stoked to try the new McT liner!
such a great video Gordy thanks i needed this video it helped me a lot for hanging my first axe.
Great video guys always on the lookout for more tips
beautiful hang and beautiful axe
Great information!! Wish I had an axe and a need to hang it.....kinda looks like fun!! Back before fiberglass handled sledges, I replaced a couple handles that got broken off when I was working in construction. It wasn't pretty or refined!!! Love the tips to keep the handle in good shape! Have a great week guys!!
Great info,gonna get a handle and follow it through again tomorrow
Been looken, pulled the trigger Ordered my handle today and can't wait to get it. Y'all must know we can't wate to get our stuff I think it was in the mail 30 min after I ordered . Thanks guys appreciate the videos and great service from real American people getting it done. Love it...
Nice Handle, NICE JOB!!! Looks Good!!! West Coast!!!
Definitely will be picking one up.
Good stuff. I use the drawknife as well as a rasp with good success. However, I’ve found an angle grinder with a flap disk is a game changer in shaping the handle to go in to the eye…that is if you want to go the power tool route.
Have you tried the sandpaper disc attachments you can put on the grinder? You can get down to 26 grit and it really carves up !
Hoffman Blacksmithing also has a video with some hanging tips. Nice job, just received a couple of your handles, very nice!
Great! I will pit these tips to use. Thanks, Gordy and Garrett and Jake
Awsome glad this video is helpful 👍
Very nice ! I really like that axe head . I need one
Awesome video Gordy!! Keep up the awesome work and products.
Thank you
Thank you for excellent content
Hell yeah, nice job guys! 🤙🏼
Deadly axe!!
Swear I’ve seen that axe head before 🧐
Great video Gordy!! Always fixing Tube Salads stuff lol Good to see you all working together keep up the great work!!
Yea he’s good at getting me to do that your right huh 🤣
Awesome video Gordy
Nice one!I have old Finnish axe heads Billnäs and newer Fiskars waiting on new handles that im hanging in some point with my son and daughter! Thanks for nice tips! 👍🏻
Love the Finnish axes! im lucky that i live in scandinavia so theyre pretty common here:)
was looking all over and having found this am convinced your video is the best, covers all the steps simply and concisely with advice about all the steps and preservation and also use of tools. Nicely done, now wheres that Gransfors handle.
Nice work!
Right on Gordy! Good to see you guys.
Thank you
Nice video, awesome shop and I want that truck 👍
Beautiful work He makes it look stupid easy And I learned a couple of Tip tricks
Yea he has done a few but all and all once you get it down it go’s pretty good some faster than others
excellent video. thanks.
Very nice job hanging that ax, those handles should last a long time. I ordered a handle can’t wait to hang my 5 lb ax on it
Well done gentleman!
Awesome class. Looking forward to seeing Jacob use the new handle in an upcoming video. Learned a lot of great old school techniques in this video. I would have never considered only cutting the wedge kerf to 2/3 the eye length. I probably would have cut it too far and proceeded to break the handle.......again.
That’s good to hear that these videos are helping you guys out thank you
awesome video
That has to be the nicest shop I've ever seen. A few minutes on that pickup in the back would be sweet.
I'm not a professional logger but I do own land here in Oregon with trees that I harvest for firewood and milling into lumber with my sawmill. Its good learning from professionals so I dont kill myself in the process :D I've been needing to put a handle on a wedge banger. Thanks for the video. Perfect timing!
great job, always learn something new! do you use tong oil ? linseed oil is good on wood, but that does not cure or really cross links like paint to seal the surface! do you ever glue the wedge in the slot? thank you for the ax training!
Got a old Forged Steel Jersey head ready for my new WCS handle oh ya! Ps. Could you eventually have a octagon handle as a option? That would be awesome
Good content
Stove lookin sexy AF in the back, haha.
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
As I am gathering climbing and falling kit, I have been hafting or hanging axes. I enjoy the precision that is required in doing it right. Please help me find Morgan? I lost the contact stuff and he was kind enough to write to me. Thank you.
I'm lazy. While I have some NICE vintage axe heads... they are all users. I use a 1x30 belt sander to quickly form the eye section 90% of the way and then finish with hand tools. Makes it go real quick. I love axes but I don't particularly enjoy the woodwork part. My goal is to go from "a head and a handle" to "an axe" in the shortest period of time. Can't wait to try one of your new handles. I'll break something sooner than later. Also, when you gonna make a better single dog for the echo 4910/501? The factory piece is kinda dinky. You'd get twice as many per sheet so wouldnt need to do many runs. Little saw doesn't need a huge dog.. but it certainly needs a better designed one...
He is much braver with the drawknife than I am. I really like seeing when he started a gouge (go too deep), he stopped, and started to take little chunks around it to clean it. Maybe I was observing wrong but it seems the case. I am more in the 20+ on and off to get the fit.
Your right I think he did get a bitter bit into the wood than he wanted 👍
Good work. Where do you purchase handles?
Gordy did you guys put finish on that handle or is that how they come? Edit: nevermind, I asked too soon.
Nice bullet vise!!
Thank you
loved the video. if you don't mind me asking what apron did Garrett have on like what brand? I'm looking to buy a new apron.
I asked Garrett for you he said Calavera tool works They have a Instagram it’s under Calavatool
@@westcoastsaw1368 ok thanks so much for asking him i really appreciate it!
My nephew broke a handle of mine and instead of talking about it, threw the whole thing in the fireplace and burned out the old handle! I installed a new handle and while sharpening it noticed the metal temper didn't seem to be too messed up. If I find I'm sharpening too often I might pull the handle again and re-heat-treat it if it needs to be a bit harder.
Very nice hickory handles! Are those made by Liam Hoffman?
i noticed you said you make the handles on a lathe how exactly ive done a little work with them but its not a round piece is it. it seems more like a egg shape to me could you show how you make the handles too or just explain the technique and also do you sell axes too and if they can be shipped to europe like if the go trought porder controls alright if so i would really like to get one i do a little falling every now and the plan to get into falling more and buying a bigger saw too if there is enough need for one
Look up “copy lathes” they are specific for reproduction of off round shapes.
We have a video that is on our channel a few videos back that shows the lathe and how it works 👍
Drift has now entered the chat.
“I’ve got these big arms”😂
😂😂
Great job on the axe but holy crap thats a big block behind him what is it from?
30” block they would use these for yarding logs
No wood glue on the wedge? Probably not always needed, but sure seems to lock them in.
Some guys do both have good points and bad I guess
@Westcoast Saw I suppose if you did wind up wanting to re-hang on the same handle, glue wouldn't be ideal. I break mine before they come loose usually. I need better aim.
I want a video on that block/pulley behind Garrett (sp?)
That’s a 30” block
Nice handle there 👌. I've got a question... What breed is that lathe in the shop?.... looks bit like a boxford of good ole england. Surely it's American one, though?🤔
It is a old Jet I found a few years back
That a beautiful plumb national!!! USA!!!!!
I have a StroAx that's over 40 years old. Still has the original handle.
No way 😍🙌
@@westcoastsaw1368 Way !
It has the Stroax stamp ? What weight ? I have a 4lb Stroax
@@westcoastsaw1368 Yeah, it's stamped Stroax. Made in Sweden. Mine's a 4 pounder too. I've had several guys that knew what it was, try to steal it. Been a good axe. I bought it from Dick Brown (Cutter's Supply), in Enumclaw, WA, 40 some odd years ago. Don't remember what I paid for it, but $125 seems to come to mind.
Boiled Linseed oil on the entire handle before you hang the axe, at least 4 coats, then apply 10 more coats after the axe is on, then once every month for 12 Month's..
Question guys. I have never hafted an axe before. I picked up one of your handles and got an old used Ebay axe head to put together a wedge bander. The eye is longer than the handle. I have not started to haft to yet. Is this somewhat normal in this situation or do I need to find a head with a shorter eye? Seems like Jacobs head was very similar and they just kind of filled it with the wedge. Am I seeing that correctly?
That can happen sometimes but if you shape it to fit the big end will be tight then you trim your wedge as long as your eye and it will take up the space in the front 👍if that makes sense
@@westcoastsaw1368 That's what I thought but was hesitant to ruin the handle so I really appreciate the confirmation
vacuum negative barometric to soak oil, be an interesting experiment
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Just got my handle in the mail 2 days ago, Came fast. And she's a beauty! It sure is a bitchin piece of wood shampoo Gordy! Now what axe head do I mount on it? Serious inquiries only 😂 maybe I'll buy another handle and mount an Pulaski head on it 👍👍 my 1st axe I've always had splitting mauls. You ever read the Big Burn Gordy?
Gordy the last video you put out in comments you said dm you on telegram was it you or a scammer ?
It sounds like somebody made a fake account. It wasn’t me.
@@westcoastsaw1368 they used your same sticker to I just went back to it and reported it
Thank you!
Is that a big ole Skookum block? Thing must weigh 400 pounds.
I'd put wood glue on the wedge.
Anyone know what kinda axe head that is????
Yes that is a Plumb National
Most oils dont expand wood. Dipropylene glycol 80/20 water is swell lock.
Boiled linseed has been used for over a hundred years, water dries out and shrinks wood..
@oilburner8548 DPG bonds with the water in the wood. One of the few compounds that actually holds its swell over time. BLO doesn't actually swell wood.
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That’s awesome. Does anybody know what happened to John’s custom saws?
No it sounds like he is MIA
I follow John’s channel and was wondering why he stopped uploading videos. He did say he was unwell in one of his video’s?
@@AndyH-13 yes, that worries me that maybe something happened
Toss them metal wedges . If your gonna use metal in the the best way is barrel wedge. If you hang the head more proud you won’t need any metal wedges
this guy: make sure to put a piece of leather between the vise jaws so you don't mark up your axe head also this guy: proceeds to pommel axe head with the butt of his axe 🤣
What are you going to do with all the shavings and clippings? Are you going to build a wooden wig and put it on the axe head?
Easier to drift the other direction.
First!
Good sized gap in the top of the eye 👁
1st
Best way best way best way always... BOILED LINSEED OIL 🪓🤠👍 It'll soak into the wood expand and harden up... The best method an old logger told me is linseed oil everyday for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, once a year for its life. He showed me a wicked gnarly rustic axe he used as a wedge banger before he retired 18 years ago, head was still on rock solid... For me the proof is in the pudding 🍮 It's the way I've been doin' it since 😋 Anyways I got my handles in way before I expected them but what beauties🤘😎👌 As Borat would say "Very Nice!!!" 🤣 Great job Gordy and Thanks again!!! 🪓🤠👍
Is that a sappy supply shirt
Yep
Nice hey Gordy when are we gonna see some WCS 🪓. I think an axe head would look sweet with WCS engraved in it
You lost me at that absolutely smok’n Wilton vise. Gaga🫠🤤
I payed $30 for it and that included the table 😁
@@westcoastsaw1368 What‽ Fabulous deal.