Gransfors Bruk: How To Replace An Axe Handle
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- FINAL SPECS: 18.25 inches at 2.25 pounds
How To Video on replacing the handle on a Gransfors Bruk Scandinavian Forest Axe. I used a 19 in handle, instead of the 24 inch handle it came with, to make a handy camp axe.
One of the better videos out there. Very straight forward and simple to follow. Thank you.
Thank you, Sir.
Very well done! Too many guys grab a power tool for everything. I see you know the virtue of slow purposeful work! I respect this! ...Newk from Kentucky
Thanks Newk. Good to have a viewer from Kentucky.
Goes to show the basic skilks people have lost along the way. Great quick video.
Thanks Jonathan. It's the simple stuff we forget how to do.
Thanks. Really helpful and informative.
Excellent video.
Thanks for taking the time to teach us 👍🏾
My pleasure John. Thanks for giving it a look.
Very good. Seen so many such videos, but yours is one of the best. Thanks, from Canada, eh!
I've watched a lot of axe handle videos in preparation for re-handling my grandfather's rig builders hatchet. He was an oil drilling contractor in SE Kentucky in 1920, so there's a good chance it was actually used in building wooden drilling derricks. This is the best video yet Thanks. Am subbing to your channel. p.s. My mom babysat for Col. Sander's kids in Corbin KY
I appreciate your "nearlynormal" comments. I have always had an affection for KFC.
Thanks for your time and video!!! Learned something new . All the best from Alabama👍
Thank you for watching from Ala-damn-bama. Glad you enjoyed the video.
The Scandinavian forest axe head weighs 1 3/4 pounds! Thanks for the video.
The total weight of my axe, head and handle, is 2.25 lbs. Very manageable and efficient.
love you little japanese hand saw
1.Wedge is was to thick, didn't go deep enough into the eye. 2. Don't use linseed oil, put woodglue on it.
1. The wedge is actually perfect
2. Wood Glue swells wood as it expands. Boiled linseed soaks into the wood and creates suction, instead of expansion.
@@muhsinbustillo Thank you, sir.
@@JW9422 Keep up the great vids mate, glad to see you've posted again
@@muhsinbustillo Thank you. It was a quick project I have been wanting to do for a while.
Why not slim the wedge down a bit and get it down a bit further?
That is a good tip as well. This axe is still holding tight so there must be enough pressure with it as is. I will keep that in mind if I have a problem. Thanks.
That was very enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
Thank you, I also enjoyed making it.
Super helpful thanks!
Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to comment.
Looks real nice.
Thanks Cash.
Good work !
Thank you, Sir.
The grain of the handle is alwrong, it runs the wrong way.
It runs at a 45 degree angle and that is totally fine
I believe the wedge could have gone in a little more but good work
I drove it like a rental car. May have gone a bit further but so far it has held up well. Still tight.
As long as it works good that’s all that matters
Very nice. With covid19 going on, i actually think I might try to do this. Order up the cheapest head, handle, etc and see how it goes.
I also like the idea of the slightly heavier head on the shorter handle. My kid commandeered the gb small forest axe from me lol so Im on the lookout.
Yes, that would be a great COVID project. And it will be nice to have a reliable axe on hand. Good luck.
I know its been ten months not sure if you bought anything, but get the Scandinavian forest axe, I love it, I have the wildlife hatchet for smaller projects and my forest axe for clearing spots and building camp
I'd like to have a Gransfors Bruk axe rehandled but don't have a vise, mallet, etc and can't find anyone in the yellow pages to do it.
We're do you live
I used some sand papers, a piece of wood as a mallet and a knife to fit mine
Which boiled linseed oil can i use on the handle ?
Whichever you have will work just fine
everyone is a critic. post a link to your content those that criticised below.
Where did u get the handle or what brand is it
I searched every hardware store, large and small, within 70 miles of my house to find it. It was made by a local guy that supplied the small hardware store in his area. It has no name brand.
Ok thanks
Wrong grain orientation.
I have had a couple folks comment regarding the grain. I have had this handle for almost 4 years with no issues. The grain orientation has not been a problem and the axe has never failed to perform.
Woodprix is a solid company with solid woodworking plans.
The grain orientation on that handle is terrible! Totally the wrong way!
This handle was my only choice; there was not a bin full of axe handles to choose from and I did not want to make my own. It has held up well and I have no complaints.
Will not make the slightest difference on a handle that length
calling a wedge a rascal lolol
That's my "southern" coming through.