Antique axe restoration with mirror finish - tool restoration
I got this rusty antique axe head for $4. I this was a nice tool restoration project once again and I leaned a ton. This was my second axe restoration. Go check out the first one too!
I started by polisihing the axe and sharpening so it shaves. I also restorerd the edge to better condition as the previous owner had sharpened it very badly. Rremoving the axe head turned out to be tricky as the eye of the axe was filled with something other than wood. I had to drill it full of holes but id didn't bread and it was still very tight. But luckily I managed to get it out after a while of hammering.
The handle I made from local ash lumber which I sawed with my dad's giant DIY band saw. I dried the wood and shaped the handle. The smaller wedge I added last was actually a piece of wood that chipped when I was shaping the handle and I thought I'd put it back in right where it was. That turned out looking great.
Thansk for whatching my project. Please let me know what you thought and subscribe for future videos! Remember also to turn on the notifications.
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I can't stop watching your vids, and I wouldn't know an ax from a hammer! Lol This is my favourite.. It comes out looking like jewellery! Gorgeous!
same here im hooked
Been watching this channel for about a week now, and one of the things I've concluded is don't break into this guy's house because he has a plethora of reforged antique legendary tools and equipment that he will smite you with. Hammers, axes, hell even Aquamans trident. Burglars beware 😂
Right!?! It'll b like that scene in Twister when they run in the barn for shelter, but there'll b sharp restored axes, tools, and hammers hanging and swinging fr the ceiling! 🙀
Not to mention his arm and upper body strength. If that dude snatches someone up, good luck to them. They better hope he isn’t a wrestler too 😂
i see im not the only one that wears fuzzy socks with my checkered vans lol
I don't think I can ever tire of watching metals be polished. So very satisfying.
Absolutely love this video...just starting out with my axe collection and restoration projects. I am going to learn a lot here. Thanks 👌👍
Old handle looked like the old style fiberglass handles. You did such a great job, it doesn't look anything like the old axe.
Good looking axe. Thanks for saving it. That handle is a superb job.
Thank you!
Sorry but is the grain on handle going the right way for an axe?
You got every tool and power tool in the world, except a decent *pencil* - I noted that in _several_ of your videos now.
Agreed. I wish I could get him a carpenter’s pencil...
Maybe he can make a pencil in his next video
Superb, it's like an old SAAB, it will never die.
Rob Beard clearly you either have a lot of money or have never owned a saab
@@whackyjinak4978 I used to work for SAAB.
Why i fall asleep to these i don't know but its more explainable then asmr 😂
Same
The black ash handle looks amazing
I watched a few other guys on similar channels and I got shunned because I said they used “acid” before they used grinders and I was told I was ignorant. I watched this man legitimately bring something back to life with what I can only assume is how it’s supposed to be done and he actually made it sharp and proved it was sharp. I don’t know much but why do people say someone else is trolling because they give feed back, but when they correct you it’s not trolling? Even though they were waiting for someone to say something to give them a reason to speak? This is what I want to see, you just got another subscriber
I love seeing these old items come back to life. Great work!
That was the instructional video I was looking for! Thank you!
Beautiful! I have an old axe recently gifted to me now I want to try this.
Great work keep it up.
Absolutely beautiful work. Well done!
Thanks! Im glad you enjoyed my work :)
That looks so good!
Wonderful!
Beautiful beautiful job bet your proud of that one
Good job. You going need it ...very soon.
*Perfect! Better as the original!*
Jörg Meiring better as the original you mean better THAN the original
And I agreet yeet
I was like "Awwww, now that's beautiful," until he had that "Friday The 13th" Jason moment at the end 😳
So cool.
Cool Vans!
Beautiful 👌🏻
Good restoration 🔥🔥👍👍👍
Now I wish I would have *payed attention* in wood and metal shop in junior high and high school. I only made a brass bracelet and a billy club.
I like the cinematic music you put in
Thanks, it would have looked "wrong" to me without any sounds
Q buena finalización d la cuña,👍
Hults Bruk is a good brand. After I clean them up I use a plumb brown gun finish on mine
Absolutely loved your video as I'm about to restore an axe head myself. However... The only thing I never see people showing are the different grits of flap Wheels you are using. That would be real useful. Thanks a bunch and keep it up!
nice work
Thanks friend!
Awesome
Love your videos. Could you add captions explaining what your doing? I love that about primitive technology
Thanks! I'll consider doing that
He was true to his word!👍
great slippers for workshop :D
Wow no gloves you are a super human! Then again I only had one college year of metal smithing
Good job, Bro #Odd Tinkering !!!!!
It came out nice. I like it.
Thanks man!
When you ended the soft music and the video with a bang I jumped. Lol
Out freaking standing! Question: What do you do with the restorations? Store them, hang them, sell them or use them?
Your outfit is so flama bro 🔥
Great video. I've just gotten into restoring old tools. I have an axe head I'm working on now and I'm using your videos as a guide. Can you tell me what the tools/disks you use for sanding/polishing? Specifically, I'm interested in what you used in your drill press. There were 2 attachments - one was approx 2" tall, and the other looked like steel wool. Then you used something red, like a rubbing compound. Can you tell me what those were?
Супер топор.
Pretty good video the only thing that pointed out to me is you were dragging your file back hard that will dull a file quickly
do you ever weigh the part before and after polishing to see how much metal was removed?
6:14 no! Stop that right now!
Can you specify which type of grinder discs you used, and what type of polish/polishing wheel you used?
I've got an axe owned by Abe Lincoln! I've only replaced the handle twice and the blade once.
Cool! That it's always nice when old items have such stories behind them
@@OddTinkering r/whoosh
Jayden I’m assuming he got the joke
Odd Tinkering so you are like phoebe from friends 😅
Could anyone tell me the name of that music track? Nice video and good job! Greetings from Germany!
What’s the final flap wheel that you use on your grinder to get that nice polish? Kinda looks like Brilo
that handle is thicc af though
Your pen looks familiar. I've turned a bunch of those in the shop. From Penn State and a few other companies. Did you turn and assemble that pen too. PS the axe restoration looks great.
Pretty sure I saw HB as the markings which I'm pretty sure is Hults Bruk.....am I correct that it's a Hults Bruk axe head?? I've been searching for along time for an older Hults Bruk axe head....or a Gransfors Bruk axe head with NO LUCK!! lol, nice find, like the final result, man I wish I could find an axe head like this to have as a wedge banger....i cut trees for a living so would love my own axe to bang wedges with when I'm knotching down trees
You are correct. It is a Hults Bruk. Those are quite easily available on my are but also cheap since everyone wants a more local brand which can easily cost 30 euros even in bad condition. This was only 5 euros
@@OddTinkering ahhhhhh, now I see....see I'm across the pond in the United states, which is why HB and Gransfors Bruk heads are not so easy to come across over here lol
Can you let us know how do you get the "crud" and rust, etc, out of the letters in the logo, without sanding the logo away?
Probably a solution that eats rust. Look on google might find something
Wire wheel/steelwire brush probably
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That is an interesting band saw mill that you used to slice out the blank for the handle. Did you make it yourself?
Actually it's something my dad is making. That was one of the first test runs on harder woods. Prevoiusly he only tested it on pine. I wouldn't know how to do the electronics on that one but maybe I'll come with a project to learn that too.
Where do u buy all this old stuff like who sells this when its rusty
Can you link the three flap discs you use?
Odd Tinkering can say he has an axe to grind and there's no reason to be upset about it.
What are the bits you had in your grinder and where can I get some
Good job, bro! Tell me what song do you used in video, pls.
St francis : Josh Lippi & The Overtimes
Shazam by the way😉
@@alechandro8715 i can`t, i`m a hillbilly from russia ))) thx a lot!
Strange how could there be 2 dislikes how could you be upset about this video.
Thanks, you can't please everyone
Ybo Tigchelaar now there's 11. I gave it a thumbs up. jealous airheaded liberals I guess
a file goes one way however. not back and forth
@@steveaustin7214 cross files go back and forth
Maybe cause he made a usefull tool into useless art?
Hang on a minute, when you started making the handle the axe head still had a lot of pits and and scratches in it and then you went to fit the handle to the head it was all polished and shiny. How much work went into polishing that axe because I have spent 5 hours today polishing a meat cleaver and I have many more hours to go so how long did it actually take to get that beautiful shine. I’m trying to figure out if I’m doing something wrong, I’m to particular or it just takes a long time. Love your work so please keep the videos coming. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
I don't remember anymore but rypically it takes a lot of time. With power tools it's quicker but you need to use water or have a lot of pauses to prevent the item from heating and ruining the tempering. Use very rough paper until the pits are almost gone and the start moving to finer grits. Also the whole blade of the cleaver could be hardened which of course makes it harder and therefore the process slower. On the axe, the hardened area is only near the blade. Other parts of the steel are much softer. The axe is also very thick piece of steel so there is less risk of over heating which allows me to grind it longer periods between cooling it down. I hope this helps
Odd Tinkering. Thanks it sure does. I started with flap discs and then the pads that I think you may be using as well. Black first, grey, red, white ect up to blue which is 1000 grit then I gave it a quick buff and saw straight away that it wasn’t good enough so started with wet & dry 240g and I’m up to 600g. I think I have most of the marks out of it so tomorrow I’ll use 800 and then back to the buffer. When using the flap discs and pads I had to stop and cool the blade quite often to avoid heat damage and that really slows progress but it has to be done. This cleaver is English made and now I’m polishing I can clearly see the tempering line along the blade at about the half way down mark. I’m a bit of a perfectionist so I’m told but I won’t be happy until it shines like a mirror. Thanks for your help and at least I know I’m on the right track. It does just take a long time. Thanks heaps, Stuart 🇦🇺
THE SONG IS!!! => St francis : Josh Lippi & The Overtimes
This is sick!!! Now show us chopping a tree with it lol
What sort of disc is being used at 9:04? Is it just a regular metal grinding disc or something else?
It was a metal grinding disk
Can you share some info on the kind of grinding wheels you use?
I use kind of scouring pad wheels
@@OddTinkering Could you tell me where the song in the beginning of the video is from please?
Where does he get all these items from? Seems like they all get shipped.
Ebay
Is that oil or stain?
I wish you'd actually put text on screen to tell us what grits all the various pads are.
Can you tell me what kind of (horizontal) band saw that is? Thanks!
It's DIY milling saw my dad is building. This was one of the first test runs on harder woods
I have the same axe made in sweden...
does anyone know what the thing that looks like a brick he uses to polish the metal is?
Rhys Owen yah it was a file
shy bunny never name noo at 5.29
Oh that I don’t know I will look it up
shy bunny never name my guy
Mistäs sä löydät noita korjattavia kohteita, kirppareiltako?
Is it at old hultafors axe?
Looks like Hults Bruk to me :) hultsbruk1697.se/
Song?
Is this what Abe Lincoln used when he's out every night?
My dude you've gotta stop shaving your hand with every sharp object you see. LOL.
Are you from Finland?😁
Yes I am
DIYCoolStuff Awesome👍🏻 Im from Sweden!
Iceland here. :)
Cool video but I wish you'd let us watch the work being done without the speeding up and then just edit it to a good length.
Thanks for the feedback. Actually just an hour ago I saw nicely edited video eirh no sped up scenes and thought maybe I should consider more often wheter the speeding up actually brings any value in the shot. I'll consider doing that less in the future.
I think whit a router you can make the job faster
this is just an 11:47 video of asmr
Tinker: Time for big boy toys Me: 👀 I- Me:*sees the rest of the video* This dangerous...........BUT i see you other there lookin fancy ok ok talk ya sh!t bb >3
Not trying to be a troll, but you made that handle 90 degrees out. The grain is supposed to go the other way. The way you made it, it won't stand up to regular use.
Made in Sweden... är du från Sverige?
His from Finland:)
wooden handle, you get tump up
Files only cut in one direction...
That is a hatchet.
God job lo siento mi inglés no es tan bueno 😯😯😛😛😢😢
И клин забивать надо наискосок а не прямо
Hey man, really amazing job on the restoration. I have a question for you, I have been posting restoration videos for a couple months now but I can't seem to have the breakthrough moment that gets me publicity. So my question to you is, do you have any recommendations for me? Thank you very much. (I am not trying to self-promote so I hope it didn't come across as so).
Thanks! There really isn't a short answer to this. except for hard work and consistently creating content. I too have just go myself some spare time, ALL of which I now use making videos (previously I didn't have any spare time and when I got big videos, I couldn't be posting more anytime soon, so there went my breaktroughs...). However there are some tricks you could try, like making an axe restoration, you might get 100K views, or you might end up like this video , only getting a few views. But your best bet really is hard work. Remember, you are not only making a restoration, you are making a movie about restoration. If your movies are entertaining and well made, they will get more watch time and likes etc, which will eventually lead to success. Don't care about some people really hitting the algorithm while you only have a few subs. Try to figure out why they succeed and try out new things. And don't forget to check out your analytics page, that can really help you see e.g. what makes people stop watching your videos or jump ahead. Here are only some pointers, but I'm no master at this yet, I only have 7500 subs after this many videos.
DIYCoolStuff thank you very much for taking time out of your day to respond to me. This is some really great advice that I will heavily take into consideration in the future. Thank you for these motivational words!
Also, where did you get that wood mill?
That was built/ is being built by my dad. Its still a little unfinished
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Its not a mirror finish, its shiny finish...
Wait.. so you can do tools AND electronics!?... Omg...
Files only cut on the push stroke, and get dull on the pull stroke.
I can’t tell if he was push/pulling or just pushing tbh
hi
Is this a hobby or your job?...
Hobby. There is no way this youtube carear would be able to pay for a tree slicer.
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When you said axe, I immediately thought of infinity war Thor.