As capital to plant the blade on a wooden ax handle that was for centuries

  • Dec 24, 2019
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 As capital to plant the blade on a wooden ax handle.
As capital to plant the blade on a wooden ax handle.

Every owner wants to available tools at its disposal has served faithfully for many years. Even if it is so simple (at first glance) a thing as an ax. In fact, to make the ax really reliable is not so simple. It is important to know and understand the structure of the instrument, as well as to comply with correct fit of the blade on a wooden ax handle. Here's what you need to do to put the ax tightly.

Make a template. / Photo: youtube.com.
Make a template. / Photo: youtube.com.

Before you begin, you should consider the fact that the outlet the ax greater than the input. It is not done just so, and to ensure that after the adjustment and installation of the handle from the host instrument had the opportunity rasklinit tool. Therefore, it is very important to choose the right handle. In order not to make a mistake, we take our blade and puts his eye to the sheet of paper output side, and then draw out its inner perimeter with a pencil. Armed with a pair of scissors and cut the sketch holes. It will need to bring to the market or the store where you will purchase the ax.

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Dry the ax. / Photo: youtube.com.
Dry the ax. / Photo: youtube.com.

Important: If you select the ax is important to achieve the best fit of the paper template and a particular ax. Selection of the market rich, so do not be lazy to look for the best option.

On returning home leave new ax for 2-3 days on the battery, if it happens in the winter and in the sun, if it happens in the summer. Do not forget every few hours to turn the handle. All this is necessary to ensure that it is dry.
When this is done, we take the ax and laid on him the blade head, retreating 5-7 mm from the edge.

Take notes on how to sit ax. After that, once again we take our paper template is applied to a new ax and draw out again, already on the piece of wood. Armed with a rasp on wood, process handle from all sides, focusing on the mark.

We check the ax. / Photo: youtube.com.
We check the ax. / Photo: youtube.com.

Lever handles up to the very long as it does not nalezet blade. Periodically check the dimensions of the ax and nozzle using a caliper. After continue to work rasp. It is very important to control the thickness of the wood at the entrance and exit of the ax. To provide an initial entry chamfer. Work will be performed when the nozzle is stably held at the handle.

Again treated. / Photo: youtube.com.
Again treated. / Photo: youtube.com.

Now again we take a pencil and draw a longitudinal line in the middle end of the ax. another - perpendicular to it. Making the slot just below the wedge. We see once again that the blade is firmly sits on the ax handle.

Cooking wedges. / Photo: youtube.com.
Cooking wedges. / Photo: youtube.com.

Cooking wedges and install them on the glue. First put longitudinal large, then two small transverse. Final processing of the wedges and hold the handle with the help of sandpaper.


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It remains to fix and treat sandpaper. / Photo: youtube.com.
It remains to fix and treat sandpaper. / Photo: youtube.com.

Continuing the theme will show how Master showed how to turn an old ax in the tool best newcomer a thousand times.
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