While clearing some old rubbish, Craig found this hatchet or is it an axe?
He gave it to me because he knows I love to polish turds.
At home I had a piece of an old pick axe handle that has been waiting for a job for possibly 3-4 years, crazy but true.
So while trying to wriggle the old handle, which has borer beetle holes in it as well, so obviously unsafe, out…. It snapped at the head without any effort.
So I marked the new handle and went to the woodwork shed, not been in a while, and got my small bandsaw out, only to find the clade had jumped the track, so reinstalled that, then skimmed the head to a point where I could shape it on the bench grinder, yes….. that is very wrong, but faster than the belt sander or linisher.
Eventually got it to a very tight, hammered in fit, followed by some flapwheel action.
Then realised the rear end was way too thick for easy use when chopping kindling etc.
So back to the grinder, more shaping, followed by flapwheel smoothing.
Still not satisfied, I decided to add Craigs username and date of birth, just to add more random detail.
So I will take this back to him over the weekend to use at his fireplace or the Raeburn stove in the kitchen.
Beats throwing it away.