Carpentry & Home Improvement Skills : How to Replace the Handle of an Axe

[BrewMonkey1]

Another winner from expertvillage.

[crash61]

DO NOT HANG AN AXE HEAD THIS WAY!!!!!!!...This has been a public service announcement from....The People who Know how to hang and axe head.......this is a typical "Expert Village" video...goofballs who have no idea what they are doing handing out bad info!!!!!

[crash61]

This guy is a MORON!!!!!!...Oh wait he's an "Expert Village Moron" ....where in the hell do they find these people...hopefully the head will fly off on the back swing and land on his head.

[jimjon7]

actually if you buy an axe from council tools it comes with a full size aluminum wedge witch stays on a lot better than a wooden one with two little metal wedges.

[SkogKniv]

@jimjon7 Those steel wedges are made to hold a larger wooden wedge in place. Not wedge the handle to head. This video is showing a finished axe that will slip off its head after use. A head "flying off" as he put it is NOT a way to determine when an axe needs a new handle.

[jimjon7]

@SkogKniv the steel wedges are the exact same size as a wooden wedge that comes with ones fromt the hardware store because i own an axe with a full size aluminum wedge

[SkogKniv]

@jimjon7 That is incorrect. At 3:00 you can see clearly that the steel wedge is just a cross wedge to be put in after the proper wood wedge is drove home. It is also not the length of the eye, like a proper wood wedge should be. Aluminum wedges are fine when the proper size. The handle was also not fitted correctly as it pinched too tight to drive the wood wedge in. This guy is all wrong. I would hate to see anyone follow his advice...I am also not trying to have a go with you, just saying.

[jimjon7]

@SkogKniv i am not talking about in your vid but a different company

[SkogKniv]

@jimjon7 I am talking only about this video we are commenting under.

[thhighwayman]

This video is going to get some one seriously injured with an ill-fit tool...

[SkogKniv]

No one use this video as a "how to". It is bad...

[roglet123]

the shoulder is about 2 inches away and i was told that you should put the wood one in then go prpendicular to that with the metal splitting the handle and the wedge

[lobo9er]

yeah that doesnt look good you should have both wood wedge and metal going in "slant" wise kinda doesnt even look right.

[lobo9er]

yeah that doesnt look good you should have both wood wedge and metal going in "slant" wise kinda

[xcgreene]

if at first you dont succeed, try try again

[cilantro37]

You might be an artist, but certainly not a craftsman....your end result could be risky if the ax was actually going to be used seriously.

[cilantro37]

You might be an artist, but certainly not a craftsman....your end result could be risky if the ax was actually going to be used seriuosly.

[iian539]

Your knife is not sharp... you should shapend it.

[pumkinvine]

Another retardvillage "expert" lol

[barnes31261]

Don't do it this way, 

[pabstmoneymike]

this how to get someone hurt not how to fix an axe.

[ardvarkkkkk]

This is a perfect example of how not to do it. Typical of (non)expert village.

[DaneStolthed]

With all do respect to Robert, his method of replacing an ax handle is improper. The part of the haft that fits into the eye of the head needs to be shaved down so that the head fits down closer to the flare of shoulders, as it slides down the grain of the handle should not curl.

Furthermore it is imperative that you tap the wooden wedge into the kerf as far as it will allow, next hammering the steel wedge perpendicular to the wooden one this is known as double wedging.

[nicko978]

thanks this really helped me get the idea

[kiskosid]

This is not the way to do it! The axe head should end up closer to the shoulder. This would be achieved using a rasp and sand paper to reduce the part of the handle that is going into the head. It should still be a tight fit but not peel the handle as in this video. The wooden wedge MUST be fitted and the steel wedges are tapped in to split both the handle and the wooded wedge, thus ensuring a solid fit.

Following your method is likely to result in the head flying off the axe when in use.

[family4life987]

@kiskosid make a video on how to do it the right way

[roasterx]

Thanks for the post. I found it helpful.

[phiman94]

how to do you take the wedge off, if you messed up cuz i tapped the axe head too farr down and it keeps sliding up and down cuz its too farr away from the wedge and already hitted the wedge in and now i just want to take it back out and make it higher up

p.s. please answer i need help

[ygong06]

Awesome! Finally a short, good video on it.

[teddharris]

I'd seat the axe head down as far as it will go, then saw the excess off, remove the wedge and reinsert it.

[Laceration242]

Very useful Video, thank you.

[nbelt1919]

thanks for posting this video.