Spoon Carving - building a carving axe block - thoughts, mistakes, and improvements
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
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let me know what you would add or take away from your own axe block!
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I really enjoy your videos. The simple nature to your way of working is timeless. I need build before winter hits. Thanks..
Dan..
Thank you so much, Dan!
Excellent tips! I have been using an 18" pine stump on concrete. I sit on a bay laurel stump. I need to make a propper axe block so thank you for this vid.
My pleasure!
Some good thoughts and ideas in here. I am about to make my first block after using a very thick wood slab as my "block" for the past two years. It wasn't perfect, but it was really all I had space for. I am looking forward to actually having a block to work with. Just found your channel and love your videos!
Hey Jamie, I totally get being starved for space, i was in a 300ft apartment for the first two years of my carving journey. Happy to have you here!
Great vid, Andy! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on blocks.
It's a sliding bevel by the way 👍
Sliding bevel, I thought so! I had mid video doubt creep in 😂
Hello Andy.
Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge. I appreciate the atmosphere of your videos.
I believe I have a basic kit for spoon cutting from my years of working with tools. An old Plumb shingle hatchet, a folding pruning saw, and a Marttiini puuko knife. I just need to get a hook blade knife hopefully for under $50 so I can try my hand.
BTW. I call that tool a bevel square.
Cheers
Hi Charles, sounds like you are on your way! Morakniv and Beavercraft both offer affordable hook knives. They might not be the best, but they will definitely get you started!
Thanks for this video. I have been wanting to make axing block.
My pleasure! I hope this helps out a little bit 🙂
Andy, if that is your new house its BEAUTIFUL! Such a lovely big back garden! And how do you get your lawn so GREEN? I thought Australia was such a dry arid country. I have an axe block. Some months back one of the trees behind my caravan fell down. The two main branches pincered the end of my caravan like a crabs claws and my caravan didn't sustain so much as a SCRATCH! But my axe block is a sawn off piece of one of the branches. It's a meter across... Gives you an idea of what damage it COULD have done...
Aus has a very varied climate, especially where I live. Some of the worst bushfire seasons, and heaviest rainfall
Great video! Audio is a bit quiet but love the info.
Thanks for watching!
Curious what angle you have made the legs at ? I built a similar block for the Cottage inspired by this video with legs at 10 degrees and it feels too narrow. The block gets tippy when working at the edge. Debating what angle for my home block now.
I would definitely open that up a bit more. I shot these angles by eye, but I think it is roughly 17°? A good rule of thumb to start with is half the diameter of your block again out from the edge. I hope that makes sense!
@andyspoons Thank you for the reply. Much appreciated. Having even a tippy block made working with axe and knife so much easier. Looking forward to version 2.
Ps. The extra loops and hooks you have for hanging the tools safely are very handy, it's nice to have everything you need at hand.
Great videos.
I hope it helps! And for sure, I like to essentially make sure that I can pick up and move everything I need in one go if possible. Keeping things close to hand definitely speeds things up over time.