I would just like to say, it’s good that you show using the power tools despite the fact you don’t want to, because it would be easy to use them and leave viewers believe it was all hand tools. Good job!
Im sure he uses power tools plenty normally, if you pay attention he only says " I try to avoid using power tools in my videos" which kinda implies he really wants to show the hand done ways but he uses the power tools pretty often.
@@joeycampbell940its more efficient and easier to use power tools, it wouldn't surprise me if he does use them for personal projects though I doubt they're used often for the woodworking itself
RTE I believe? If you've ever watched the rubber bandits shows they do, amazingly funny, but the perfect amount of diy that I think Eoin has got all the angles and a good enough camera to just send footage in to the Irish republic of television (I may have got that wrong) and have them make a show about it, would be awesome, I didn't think of this before @CodTacicGaming and I think it's a brilliant idea, something for everyone to watch
@@Crvstylvngs Definitely cool in theory, but you have to consider if Eoin wants to do all of that or has other aspirations, something tells me he's happy enough making UA-cam videos in his garage. You never know though
Your videos have peaked my interest into carpentry/wood working again. I took "resistant materials" at school and I always found it relaxing creating different joins in wood and learning how to use the hand tools.
@@DudeTotally1000 it's hard to remember with so many different spellings for the same words, I need to read more though, since leaving school my grammar and spelling has got worse and worse
you wont see this but I really have to thank you. I used this video to re-haft an old axe that my grandfather gave me. it was sitting in my garage for years and now I can finally use it again. Thank you so much!
This is why i started watching UA-cam all those years ago. To watch somebody passionate about something preform or talk about their passion. Thanks for the video
If I had the means Eoin, I'd have you make and ship me (to Canada) one of every tool you could find as I've no doubt we're going to eventually see a time where we're going to be relying and depending upon hand-made tools once again. Having as many tools on hand that were refurbished or made by you would provide my family with quite the advantage!! I love your work and your videos. Thank you for sharing your work with us. 👍💯
I never knew that about the grain selection, makes a lot of sense when you think about it though, have the grain running against the direction of impact for maximum strength. The axe looks well, definitely a lot better than it did anyhow! And certainly going to cut better for not having that pissed-up edge on it. Maybe in future you could make yourself a simple brick forge and have a go at heat-treating it to get a bit more edge retention and hardness out of it. It's never going to be a top-end steel, but with a good round of treatment, plus yout work re-profiling and handling it, you might well be able to turn the 6 Euro axe into at least a 60 Euro axe!
Agreed with all of the above….however the hardening of the edge is subject to the composition of the mother metal. More carbon, molybdenum etc will achieve an upstanding result but a mild/ milder steel will remain inert despite the efforts. Best regards Mark Old school Tool and Diemaker
Your videos continue to amaze me in how woodwork works and the talent you bring to the table. A true inspiration! I would do you flies up at around 5:00
I haven't worked with wood for a long time now, this video has been quite the inspiration and personally love the feel of the video here. Not overly produced, feels very authentic and a clear love for the craft. Keep it up lad :)
That's a really beautiful ash handle. I always think of ash as being quite plane so it's nice to see that you can finish it and make it look interesting.
Love your videos dude, you're doing everything right, educational while also learning, interesting, engaging and entertaining. I look forward to watching your channel grow.
Im creating a new handle for a favorite hatchet head. Found you looking for tips. What a Joy! You're a smart and fine fella. Happy lady in Vancouver Wa Wa USA
Really great work. Loved watching the video! 👏 I’ve done a few axes now to say the least, and each restoration is a blend of absolute joy and absolute anger when something inevitably doesn’t go to plan - especially when fitting the handle to the eye and wedging it 😅
I just bought one of these at the local Obi as my old axe is in pretty bad shape and I won't have the time to fix it in the next couple of days.. It is inexpensive but it seems that all the reviewers rated it very good. For me it worked really well for cutting up firewood. I understand that aesthetically the wood handle looks better but I think there is more sense in fixing a worn old hatchet than a perfectly useable brand new one. It was a nice job though.
I think knowing the difference between grain and growth rings should be explained…… bc as a bowyer who often makes handles for things. There’s a BIG difference. Straight even rings doesn’t mean straight grain. Phenomenal videos bud. Love em.
I know nothing about crafting and tools. i work from a desk. But somethings I took away: 1. charing is a method to protect the wooden handle 2. you have to protect the wood by oiling, linseed or other products, and the tradional way says: oil everyday for a week, every week for a month, every month for a year, and every year. I made a rope ladder for my kids but its molding now in the garage. This reminds me to clean those up and varnish them or something. 3. grain orientation is important for the integrity of the tool They say writing seals the knowledge deeper, so thats why im writing this. Thanks for sharing, cool channel i bumped into 😊, will be checking the other videos.
Рік тому
I don't even have a workshop but your videos are so interesting and well made that I keep watching 🙂
Wheelbarrows seem a tool that I not seen you cover yet? A Wagon that would be something! Wood axles are a task, wood bound wheels is a test of skills too!
Wow...I feel ripped off. I bought the exact same hatchet at my army surplus for $35 or roughly €33. It made up for it to see yours turned it into a beauty
New sub here. Love your work mate. I prefer not to use power tools too, I’m clumsy. Hand tools give me room for error. Your froe is awesome. I use a large knife to baton timber but I would love a froe. I have a spare room full of old woodwork tools and I have restored half of them. Handplanes, saws, old chisels, hand drills all intreat me. Anything old.
he hit it so hard it came haha but i honestly wish i had my own wood working shed, you ended up getting me into wood working and i now make walking sticks out of branches i find in my local reserve
Very pleasant video. Please make a traditional sawing board (bench hook) to protect your bench. A coping saw should be used with two hands. I say these things to help you teach traditional methods. Cheers
Oil everything. Internal wood in the box as well as the tools. Maybe wrap some tools that are used less often in wax/oil paper. Also Poundland damp trap might be worth trying although it wouldn’t look great but it would absorb any moisture inside the box Maybe also look at how well the box lid seals. If moist air can move through gaps then it will settle on the coldest materials/tools
I can't stop watching the videos you make good sir! They're fantastic & always entertaining, I have learned a lot myself just from watching these videos you make
Eoin, sorry if I missed it in your backlog but it would be cool if you made a video talking about each hand tool and what you would need for a simple beginner project. Love your content!
haha great video! Eoin, that tormek though, that stone is so out of round!! Honestly might be good enough for axes. I laughed so hard at the end when you started talking about the linseed oil you couldn't find and came up with some crappy substitute :D
I love u builds with axes I've been building my own axe handle with oak wood while only using a vis, saw,chisl,hamer and sandpaper it's looking very well and I'm only 13 years old u inspired me to make axes handles for axes and I handed it to u u make the best videos ever I look at them all the time and sorry for spelling mistakes pls make video of my comment and about making different types of axe handles thank u
You could make some trays that side across to access tools below like your planes that way you have less dead space. As for the weight, adding wheels like a sack truck on the back may help.
I like to collect antique hand tools. It so happens that i aquired the very axe that Abraham Lincoln used to split fence rails. Of course i used it too much & had to replace the head once & the handle twice!
His heart is broken cause he can't find his linseed oil.That's so wholesome it cracked My Black Corrupt Heart just a little. 😂 I now need to make an axe handle before I die.I think some people missed that you were going to gift it in the future and yes most people I think would prefer that you made the wood handle for them .Recieving a tool with a human bond is a thing people ! "Grandpa's axe" "Dad's Car" "Older Brother's Skateboard" .It would actually make me tear up a little.
To get the epoxy out easy you can use acetone an leave the ace Head in a plastic bag so the acetone doesn't evaporate wile it losens the epoxy it worked a treat for me, I think the fiberglass stand's act like a wick
Love the video! Have a question: you said the paint on the axe head might have been for rust protection, but is there a method you might use to do the same thing? Thinking of trying a similar project over winter :)
Have this exact axe, from an army surplus shop as well, in British Columbia Canada. I tried to offload it on my Father-in-law when I realized its “quality”- he gave it back!😂
I am assuming you made that wooden mallet at school? I remember those mallets were one of our first woodshop projects in 6th grade, around the mid 90's. Almost everything we made was coated in linseed oil lol. I made my first canoe paddle in that class starting with a straight up log. Everyone else was making keychains and puzzles lol. I never used the paddle, tho...just made it beautiful and painted a scene of a muskellunge on it and gave it to my dad as a gift since we had lots of nice paddles already. My shop teacher even let me borrow his draw knives and planes to bring home to work on it, and my final coat of laquer (I think it was laquered, been a long time) wasnt gonna be dry until after the school year was over so he personally drove it to my graduation (we went to another school on a bus for shop class...he wasnt a teacher at my normal school). Thought that was pretty cool of him to pull up in his little Triumph convertable to deliver it lol
I have found an old axe head in my garden, it would need work doing to it but its still solid. Was wondering if I am able to send to you for you to restore and keep. Coming from Cumbria
I would just like to say, it’s good that you show using the power tools despite the fact you don’t want to, because it would be easy to use them and leave viewers believe it was all hand tools. Good job!
Im sure he uses power tools plenty normally, if you pay attention he only says " I try to avoid using power tools in my videos" which kinda implies he really wants to show the hand done ways but he uses the power tools pretty often.
@@joeycampbell940its more efficient and easier to use power tools, it wouldn't surprise me if he does use them for personal projects though I doubt they're used often for the woodworking itself
If you really watch all his videos you'd know he says what he fookin means lad
Pretty sure he almost exclusively uses hand tools with wood handles, mostly ash.
He’s a top guy. The way is goes about his craft is absolutely fine by me. I think he’s a top feller. Great videos
How has he not got his own TV show making stuff and showing you how to build stuff
I don't know if Ireland has equivalent of like a PBS here in America but he would probably be very popular on a network like that.
RTE I believe? If you've ever watched the rubber bandits shows they do, amazingly funny, but the perfect amount of diy that I think Eoin has got all the angles and a good enough camera to just send footage in to the Irish republic of television (I may have got that wrong) and have them make a show about it, would be awesome, I didn't think of this before @CodTacicGaming and I think it's a brilliant idea, something for everyone to watch
@@Crvstylvngs Definitely cool in theory, but you have to consider if Eoin wants to do all of that or has other aspirations, something tells me he's happy enough making UA-cam videos in his garage. You never know though
You're already watching it
Because UA-cam pays better
Your videos have peaked my interest into carpentry/wood working again. I took "resistant materials" at school and I always found it relaxing creating different joins in wood and learning how to use the hand tools.
Piqued!
@@WalterMelons language, grammar, and spelling has never been a strong point for me but I'll try to remember that for next time
@@curtisss good luck with your woodworking!
@@curtisss I never remember "piqued" lol so don't feel too bad.
@@DudeTotally1000 it's hard to remember with so many different spellings for the same words, I need to read more though, since leaving school my grammar and spelling has got worse and worse
you wont see this but I really have to thank you. I used this video to re-haft an old axe that my grandfather gave me. it was sitting in my garage for years and now I can finally use it again. Thank you so much!
This is why i started watching UA-cam all those years ago.
To watch somebody passionate about something preform or talk about their passion.
Thanks for the video
With his oiling schedule, and how many handles he's made I imagine a large chunk of his life is just oiling these brand new handles all day
I like how this man oils up his handle
I just started restoration on my first axe last week, so this is great timing. The head is almost done, and soon onto making a new handle!
If I had the means Eoin, I'd have you make and ship me (to Canada) one of every tool you could find as I've no doubt we're going to eventually see a time where we're going to be relying and depending upon hand-made tools once again. Having as many tools on hand that were refurbished or made by you would provide my family with quite the advantage!! I love your work and your videos. Thank you for sharing your work with us. 👍💯
@randallpink7509 idk man, he's Canadian, they have a literal dictator up there
I always love the “now we let inertia do it’s magic”. These are some great videos and I love the explanation. Keep up the work!!
I never knew that about the grain selection, makes a lot of sense when you think about it though, have the grain running against the direction of impact for maximum strength. The axe looks well, definitely a lot better than it did anyhow! And certainly going to cut better for not having that pissed-up edge on it.
Maybe in future you could make yourself a simple brick forge and have a go at heat-treating it to get a bit more edge retention and hardness out of it. It's never going to be a top-end steel, but with a good round of treatment, plus yout work re-profiling and handling it, you might well be able to turn the 6 Euro axe into at least a 60 Euro axe!
Agreed with all of the above….however the hardening of the edge is subject to the composition of the mother metal.
More carbon, molybdenum etc will achieve an upstanding result but a mild/ milder steel will remain inert despite the efforts.
Best regards
Mark
Old school Tool and Diemaker
Your videos continue to amaze me in how woodwork works and the talent you bring to the table. A true inspiration! I would do you flies up at around 5:00
😂😂
Love you’re videos Eoin, I’m a 21 year old french polisher from North East England and find your content very interesting.
Sounds very interesting lad. Would love to see your process and to learn more about french polishing
I haven't worked with wood for a long time now, this video has been quite the inspiration and personally love the feel of the video here. Not overly produced, feels very authentic and a clear love for the craft. Keep it up lad :)
That's a really beautiful ash handle. I always think of ash as being quite plane so it's nice to see that you can finish it and make it look interesting.
Love your videos dude, you're doing everything right, educational while also learning, interesting, engaging and entertaining. I look forward to watching your channel grow.
Im creating a new handle for a favorite hatchet head. Found you looking for tips. What a Joy! You're a smart and fine fella. Happy lady in Vancouver Wa Wa USA
Class video mate - that’s for explaining why you use each tool (including the power tools) - really helps for the clueless viewer like myself!
I love it! I've rehandled a few axes and customized a few tomahawks and love the process! I love the look of a good worn charred handle.
From one woodworker to another, your videos are great. Keep it up my friend
cheers lad, appreciate the comment.
Thanks, youngster. Your an excellent teacher.
Really great work. Loved watching the video! 👏 I’ve done a few axes now to say the least, and each restoration is a blend of absolute joy and absolute anger when something inevitably doesn’t go to plan - especially when fitting the handle to the eye and wedging it 😅
It's the first video I see from him and I already know this man is proud of his heritage. Good video.
Wow, listen to this guy. He knows his stuff and flows without any fluff. Also that accent is like something from Father Ted. Great work!
I just bought one of these at the local Obi as my old axe is in pretty bad shape and I won't have the time to fix it in the next couple of days.. It is inexpensive but it seems that all the reviewers rated it very good. For me it worked really well for cutting up firewood. I understand that aesthetically the wood handle looks better but I think there is more sense in fixing a worn old hatchet than a perfectly useable brand new one. It was a nice job though.
Holy man. This is exactly what I was looking for in a wood work vid jay oh. Thanks Eoin. Ive been intent on doing this for too long now.
I think knowing the difference between grain and growth rings should be explained…… bc as a bowyer who often makes handles for things. There’s a BIG difference. Straight even rings doesn’t mean straight grain.
Phenomenal videos bud. Love em.
Love your videos keep them coming. Awesome content. Subscribed and viewing all the way from Hawaii.
I want to thank you you inspired me to do woodworking i am still struggling with making things but i am stil working on it
Your face when knocking the wedge in haha. Great job!
Magic work young fella.
Beautiful work and great videos!
this guy is great really super I love that old woodworking this guy gets a big 20+ from me keep it up
I know nothing about crafting and tools. i work from a desk. But somethings I took away:
1. charing is a method to protect the wooden handle
2. you have to protect the wood by oiling, linseed or other products, and the tradional way says: oil everyday for a week, every week for a month, every month for a year, and every year. I made a rope ladder for my kids but its molding now in the garage. This reminds me to clean those up and varnish them or something.
3. grain orientation is important for the integrity of the tool
They say writing seals the knowledge deeper, so thats why im writing this. Thanks for sharing, cool channel i bumped into 😊, will be checking the other videos.
I don't even have a workshop but your videos are so interesting and well made that I keep watching 🙂
I love that saying about oiling your axe handle.very nice
Wheelbarrows seem a tool that I not seen you cover yet? A Wagon that would be something! Wood axles are a task, wood bound wheels is a test of skills too!
The accent alone makes it worth watching but it's just so calming and interesting at the same time to watch
Wow...I feel ripped off. I bought the exact same hatchet at my army surplus for $35 or roughly €33. It made up for it to see yours turned it into a beauty
Its so nice to see you work on things like this i wish i had more stamina so i could do wood working i have 3 things that need handles
I subbed because of your amazing shorts and really enjoy the content you make.
Thanks lad!
The video product quality is going up day by day. Good work and keep it up!
Yep thanks to you I now look at the metal first instead of the actual tool as a whole. I never did that before.
Love the content bud! Never fails to amaze!
Beautiful job sir, love the videos you bring us, I would really like to have seen it chaired,😉👍
In time.
Awesome!! Im a fan for life, keep the videos coming sir. Badass shoes too 🙌
New sub here. Love your work mate. I prefer not to use power tools too, I’m clumsy. Hand tools give me room for error.
Your froe is awesome. I use a large knife to baton timber but I would love a froe.
I have a spare room full of old woodwork tools and I have restored half of them.
Handplanes, saws, old chisels, hand drills all intreat me. Anything old.
I love these videos so much! Thank you very much!
What a charming fellow, wholesome content. Keep it up, lad
he hit it so hard it came haha but i honestly wish i had my own wood working shed, you ended up getting me into wood working and i now make walking sticks out of branches i find in my local reserve
Very pleasant video. Please make a traditional sawing board (bench hook) to protect your bench. A coping saw should be used with two hands. I say these things to help you teach traditional methods. Cheers
Thank you for sharing your work, sir
Oil everything. Internal wood in the box as well as the tools.
Maybe wrap some tools that are used less often in wax/oil paper. Also Poundland damp trap might be worth trying although it wouldn’t look great but it would absorb any moisture inside the box
Maybe also look at how well the box lid seals. If moist air can move through gaps then it will settle on the coldest materials/tools
I can't stop watching the videos you make good sir! They're fantastic & always entertaining, I have learned a lot myself just from watching these videos you make
You are a Grand man take care and God be with you ❤
I enjoy watching you as much as I ever did watching Norm Abram or Roy Underhill. A go to for relaxing at the end of a long day.
Bro im falling asleep his voice is soothing and his work is like satisfying
You can tell this guy enjoys life, and I respect that
Me and my grandad make stuff like axes and I love your videos they Inspire me to make stuff with wood so thank you
Stumbled upon this channel, had no interest in wood work at all but I'm hooked now
Love the woodworking
Ngl i want a woodcutting froe after seeing them in your videos. The axe turned out awesome lol
Nice well done video! Thank you very much!
Eoin, sorry if I missed it in your backlog but it would be cool if you made a video talking about each hand tool and what you would need for a simple beginner project. Love your content!
haha great video! Eoin, that tormek though, that stone is so out of round!! Honestly might be good enough for axes.
I laughed so hard at the end when you started talking about the linseed oil you couldn't find and came up with some crappy substitute :D
Hello Eoin, from Fermanagh, love your videos 👍
I love u builds with axes I've been building my own axe handle with oak wood while only using a vis, saw,chisl,hamer and sandpaper it's looking very well and I'm only 13 years old u inspired me to make axes handles for axes and I handed it to u u make the best videos ever I look at them all the time and sorry for spelling mistakes pls make video of my comment and about making different types of axe handles thank u
I love ur builds
I love your videos man.
You wear a lot of red shirts. Sick homie. It's a vibe
Nicely done.
You could make some trays that side across to access tools below like your planes that way you have less dead space. As for the weight, adding wheels like a sack truck on the back may help.
You’re the BOB ROSS of woodworking 💯💯
beautiful shape on the handle.
I like to collect antique hand tools. It so happens that i aquired the very axe that Abraham Lincoln used to split fence rails. Of course i used it too much & had to replace the head once & the handle twice!
His heart is broken cause he can't find his linseed oil.That's so wholesome it cracked My Black Corrupt Heart just a little. 😂 I now need to make an axe handle before I die.I think some people missed that you were going to gift it in the future and yes most people I think would prefer that you made the wood handle for them .Recieving a tool with a human bond is a thing people ! "Grandpa's axe" "Dad's Car" "Older Brother's Skateboard" .It would actually make me tear up a little.
We can't wait to see you set up a shed from a stone skeleton! I'm just waiting for the first video to drop ::)
To get the epoxy out easy you can use acetone an leave the ace Head in a plastic bag so the acetone doesn't evaporate wile it losens the epoxy it worked a treat for me, I think the fiberglass stand's act like a wick
Great video!
I just did something similar with a hammer as my first handle project, it ended up fairly well but definitely not perfect.
Your haircut is great 🎉
great informative video!
With all the sh*t on TV nowadays this lad deserves a full fledged TV show. I could watch him work and describe what he’s doing for hours.
Love the video! Have a question: you said the paint on the axe head might have been for rust protection, but is there a method you might use to do the same thing? Thinking of trying a similar project over winter :)
Great content lad....I'm up here in Derry
You need your own tv show bro 👌🏾
Have this exact axe, from an army surplus shop as well, in British Columbia Canada. I tried to offload it on my Father-in-law when I realized its “quality”- he gave it back!😂
Dont try to kid a kidder
The anger in the face when hitting it into place ha ha keep up the videos eoin they are class
That’s a really nice handle. You took a 6€ axe and made it worth so much more
OMG dude... I had completely forgotten about a bench hook! Damn. Must be my age. Making one tomorrow.
How’d it go?
Brilliant chap
awsome love this guy
I could listen to him talk about anything. Cheers
I swear that I could watch this guy make axe handles all day 😂
I like to burnish my axe handles with the shavings from spoke shave before sealing it. 👍👍
I am assuming you made that wooden mallet at school? I remember those mallets were one of our first woodshop projects in 6th grade, around the mid 90's. Almost everything we made was coated in linseed oil lol. I made my first canoe paddle in that class starting with a straight up log. Everyone else was making keychains and puzzles lol. I never used the paddle, tho...just made it beautiful and painted a scene of a muskellunge on it and gave it to my dad as a gift since we had lots of nice paddles already. My shop teacher even let me borrow his draw knives and planes to bring home to work on it, and my final coat of laquer (I think it was laquered, been a long time) wasnt gonna be dry until after the school year was over so he personally drove it to my graduation (we went to another school on a bus for shop class...he wasnt a teacher at my normal school). Thought that was pretty cool of him to pull up in his little Triumph convertable to deliver it lol
Awesome!
Great content
Inertia u like that word? Every video. Luv the videos ☘☘
"You can sense it's oily presence..."
Never subscribed to a channel on my recommended so fast before now
I have found an old axe head in my garden, it would need work doing to it but its still solid. Was wondering if I am able to send to you for you to restore and keep. Coming from Cumbria