Forging a trade axe or tomahawk part 1 - blacksmithing for beginners
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- Опубліковано 11 кві 2019
- The simple wrapped eye axe is one of the oldest axe designs. Similar axes were made all over Europe at one time. In the US these were a common trade item and are now often simply called a tomahawk.
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If you have a forge and have ever swing a hammer or even want to learn, this is the best channel on UA-cam, if you’re not subscribed to johns channel you are missing out on a ocean of knowledge
I get more and more jittery wanting to swing a hammer here at college. Back home my anvils await me!!
Same
I’ve already turned a claw hammer into a hachet as a twist on your ballpeen hammer video and and since then learned how to forge weld steel and wrought iron gonna give this a shot tomorrow on a smaller scale incase I mess up and if I get it right will scale it up and give it my best, thank you john your a amazing teacher/blacksmith and explain unlike any other thanks to you I’ve got way more comfortable and started my own shop recently!!
Awesome job bro
I like that you point out the delicate nature of the weld. Many people don't realize that no matter what you do, there will always be impurities in a weld that make it weaker than the parent metal. I've seen a few x-rays of welds on piping and the difference between weld and parent metal is obvious.
Awesome video sir
My two favorite topics: forge welding and edged weapons! 🐾🔥⚒
Keep the primitive coming!! I love it!!
I have been fighting with this style for ages! Thank you for the great advice
Hello John
This Video is very teachfull
You show in a very good way how to forge a Axe
I like that
Have a good week all the best
Yours Frank
Nice another project for me thanks
Wonderful project ! I have been very tempted to do this project , but now you have given me much more confidence to jump into it
Thank you for the Inspiration !
Take Care
thanks john nice work great looking trade axe. have a great day blessing to you and yours
Hey john thanks for the video we have a customer asking for a tomahawk and was not sure how to do it , but there you go right on time with the answer. keep it up great work
Awesome video, John!!!
Love seeing you forge weld things like these axes.
Outstanding! I look forward to your videos every day!!
Great Hawk John can't wait to see it finished.
I look forward to the next videos this is a project I’ve been wanting to do for a while!
Nice little axe. Can't wait to finish my forge up and start making them myself
Great timing! I just bought a tomahawk drift today for tomorrow's project. You answered quite a few questions.
You made it look soooooooo easy. Fun to watch
Wow you whipped that right up.Great job.
Great work John!! Thanks for the inspiration!
This is another wonderful Video from you - THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
Great video, I liked the voiceover.
I make these using large farrier rasps and they will definitely chop!
Often times I add another piece to the end to give the axe more of a beard.
Nice John! Seems you just kind of knocked that right out very quickly. Looks good.
Makes sense to get the eye in the right shape before welding and having the bit cold so it does not burn, hoo and well with the teeth it really looks like it stops the bit from popping out. Must give all that a try. Thanks.
Great work !
Great video. Loved it.
Thanks John.
Lovely piece of work, well done John
Great project Good job.
Good work as always. Liked the vioce over narration
Great job,nice Hammer from Daniel Moss.I just found some 1/4 × 1 1/2 about 20 in long and an old 2ft piece of leaf spring ,down by the river while fly fishing .I will be trying this project soon.
I have been thinking of making something similar and this has really helped, thanks John.
That is a nice piece! Btw. I think you were a bit hungry at the end of the video :)
Awesome job. I need to make a few of these. I love to throw them !
I think that may have given me the confidence to try a weld that big. Thanks
I really like the voiceover narration. It is easier to hear what you’re saying.
I watch it well ~
Nice video. Waiting for hardening and tempering video
Great video! My next project is a small axe, but I've been struggling with trying to figure out how to make the axe eye. I'm not confident in my ability to drift it in yet, so this is perfect for me! I'll be using 5160 for the cutting edge, so I'll reference your other axe videos on hardening and tempering. Thanks again! You make it look so easy!
I made one of these from an old farrier rasp. Worked brilliantly and I've even used it to fell small sapplings. (a rasp doesn't get you a large cutting area).
The rasps look good, but as you say aren't a lot of material.
Good timing for I have started mine but putting coil steel in mine only still got to forge it down to .5 in. .then find the time after a first job to do next.
Thanks John
Have a drawing for to have a beginer come and work under you for a prpject.
That's a brilliant little axe! I was having a bit of a laugh at your "flux addiction" (your words, not mine 😂) after watching a load of Roy @Christcenteredblacksmith video's about forge welding with "correct" amounts of flux 😂 I think your flux addiction should probably be called "recovering" as you don't use as much as you used to 👍👍😋
Nice video. Is it possible at the end of the video to put up the time it took you to make something. It will give us amateurs a good time to shoot for if we attempt something like that.
ever considered painting one side of your touch mark punches for faster orientation?
I have never had a problem hearing you the few times the gas forge was on and you talking the mice is close enough to your mouth to make your voice loud enough to hear no problem I can only speak for myself but it’s not a problem to keep it on in my opinion it’s all good
Neat item. And the 1075 bit should make it pretty dog gone useable. Large forge weld for sure.
May i ask, have you an oppinion on the practice of adding 1080 powder steel to the flux?
Thanks for having us out to the shop today.
Blessed day sirSir,
Crawford out
Many fluxes have some iron powder. But I don't know about steel. It moght burn off before the weld is ready. worth trying if you have the powder on hand
@@BlackBearForge thank you. Tim at big dog uses it i think. Just curious on your take.
Did u see Paul pinto made a 4 sided hammer. How practical do you think that is?
Another good one John! You may have answered this before, but where do you get your drifts? Looks cast.
This one is cast. I don't have the name for who I bought it from, it was many years ago. But they are on ebay most of the time. Cast ductile iron instead of regular cast iron, so they stand up to the abuse.
Make a wood bowl adze one of those days, another tool to HT !!
I have several videos on the subject.
Thxi did check them out. Do you know how to forge a wood gimlet? Don t see that around... but it s a very cool tool. Thx for all your exceptional video and knowledge content!
With the drifting proceedure it sounds like forge welds aren't quite as strong as fusion or even brazed welds. That's not to say that they're weak. At what point do you know when it's time to stop bringing the piece up to welding heat?
They can be, but the section near the eye needs to remain as thick as possible. Which means you have minimum opportunity to refine the weld. As you get further down the blade the areas that received mire forging and refinement have much stronger welds.
John: How do I get you to make me an Axe-Like the one you are making? Thanks
I like your ruler can that style still be bought .
That one os shop made from a square
Do you have a good place to get that style of foundry gloves... I haven't had any luck finding them on eBay... does amy at piehs sell them? I got several pairs for Christmas but I used them up
They are from Pieh Tool
I'm wanting to make an adze for a friend but I don't have any carbon square steel, I have some fairly big round spring steel from an axel from a 4x4 any Idea's how to go about it, have tried punching a hole but boy it's hard stuff.
I'm afraid that punching the hole is still a must. However if you are comfortable forge welding, I prefer to make the body from mild steel with a welded on edge. I have a few videos on the subject. The mild steel is much easier to punch
Where can one get tomahawk and traditional axe drifts?
Try Pieh Tool
Beginner Smith here and I'd like to send you a few things I've made
I appreciate the thought. There is a mailing address in the video description
Using the flux as glue? We all do it at times
Is 4140 a good axe steel do you think?
Lots of people make axes from 4140. It would be good for hard use axes but perhaps not able to hold an edge well enough for carving axes
My attempt to replicate this project has not yielded the same results. If I'm using O1 for the cutting edge, does that present any challenges?
I have always had trouble forge welding O1. 1075 or 5160 are good options for the bit.
Another great instructional video...and timely as I'm about to forge a small axe for a friends 65th birthday. I usually avoid welding in my gas forge as the flux instantly destroys my refractory! Just wondering if you have the same problem or have you found a way minimize this problem. Thanks again for the terrific videos.
You can use a sacrificial tile or kiln shelf but even those don't last long. My forge now has a hard fire brick floor that seems to be holding up way better than most forge lining material. James Austin adds coke to his forge floor as a consumable floor that gets refreshed throughout the day.
next video do a forging job dressed like dr phil! lol
Have you ever thought about making a smoking pipe axe or Hatchet.. it's a Native American I believe from the Plains Indian where they were traded with them don't quote me on that
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John: How do I get you to make me an Axe-Like the one you are making? Thanks
This one will probably be available once it is completed
Do you have a storefront or a site I can go to?
Do you have a storefront or a site I can go to?
Do you have a storefront or a site I can go to?
Do you have a storefront or a site I can go to?