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bigbob
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by bigbob » Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:53 pm
Reckon it might make a great throwing axe at shoots too!
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Roadie
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by Roadie » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:11 pm
They are a Gem, used one many years ago when we used to do timber Floors. Cheers Roadie.
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longbow steve
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by longbow steve » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:32 pm
bigbob wrote:Reckon it might make a great throwing axe at shoots too!
Yeah I have been meaning to make up a throwing axe rather than just watching all the fun at the Gathering.
Roadie wrote:They are a Gem, used one many years ago when we used to do timber Floors. Cheers Roadie.
To be honest Roadie, I don't know much about how they were used. It seems really good at pairing wood of sparingly(chisel like) without wanting to dig in like a conventional ground axe. Can you tell me more about how you used it for flooring. Cheers Steve
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hazard
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by hazard » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:56 pm
longbow steve wrote:To be honest Roadie, I don't know much about how they were used. It seems really good at pairing wood of sparingly(chisel like) without wanting to dig in like a conventional ground axe. Can you tell me more about how you used it for flooring. Cheers Steve
I have always wondered the same thing myself, your going to have to give a bit of detail here Roadie
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Roadie
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by Roadie » Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:45 pm
Steve & Hazard, Back many years ago when we built houses, before concrete floors became the norm, the houses were on stumps & Bearers. When fitting the Floor Joist to the bearers, there were no such things as Electric planers, so we used axes and Adze to fit the joist to the bearers, just like using a very large chisel. We then used string lines and water levels to make sure every thing was on a level plane, then put up wall frames. Then we fitted the floor boards, using Floor Dogs (mechanical Wedges) to pull up the Floor boards, nailed them using a 26 oz hammer.
I still have my axe and Adze and hammer, which would be 100 years old. No Joke.
Hope this Helps. Cheers Roadie.
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Gilly
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by Gilly » Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:07 pm
bigbob wrote:Reckon it might make a great throwing axe at shoots too!
Just what I was thinking!!
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longbow steve
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by longbow steve » Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:21 pm
Thanks Grant, it would be great to be skilled in just hand tools and traditional methods of building. Thanks for sharing that.
Cheers Steve
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Gilly
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by Gilly » Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:40 pm
longbow steve wrote:bigbob wrote:Reckon it might make a great throwing axe at shoots too!
Yeah I have been meaning to make up a throwing axe rather than just watching all the fun at the Gathering.
I will happily let you have a chuck of my double bit axe at the Gathering!
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longbow steve
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by longbow steve » Wed May 01, 2013 6:13 am
Gilly wrote:longbow steve wrote:bigbob wrote:Reckon it might make a great throwing axe at shoots too!
Yeah I have been meaning to make up a throwing axe rather than just watching all the fun at the Gathering.
I will happily let you have a chuck of my double bit axe at the Gathering!
Thanks Gilly
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Gringa Bows
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by Gringa Bows » Wed May 01, 2013 12:06 pm
Look good Steve....be a handy tool
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Stickbow Hunter
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by Stickbow Hunter » Wed May 01, 2013 7:28 pm
That looks a nice old axe Steve and they work well. Dennis has used a Tommy Axe sharpened like that for a similar purpose for quite a few years now.
Nice handle also but you have the grain running the wrong way mate.
Jeff
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longbow steve
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by longbow steve » Wed May 01, 2013 9:38 pm
Stickbow Hunter wrote:That looks a nice old axe Steve and they work well. Dennis has used a Tommy Axe sharpened like that for a similar purpose for quite a few years now.
Nice handle also but you have the grain running the wrong way mate.
Jeff
Thats good to know Jeff. Ahh should the grain/rings be 90 degrees around for stiffness or just durability? I figured creating it like a bow would give it enough integrity?? Steve
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Stickbow Hunter
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by Stickbow Hunter » Wed May 01, 2013 9:56 pm
longbow steve wrote:Ahh should the grain/rings be 90 degrees around for stiffness or just durability?
For durability mate. Probably not so important with your little axe but it certainly is with a full size axe.
Jeff
