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

Replacing an axe handle requires tapping the new handle into the blade and applying small wooden or metal wedges to hold the axe together. Fix a broken axe after chipping out remains of the old handle from the head with instruction from an experienced builder in this free video on home repair.

Expert: Robert Markey
Bio: Robert Markey is an artist who works in several media including painting, sculpture, installation, video and mosaics.
Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Erik

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Howto & Style

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• carpentry
• building
• home improvement
• home repair
• DIY
• do it yourself

[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.

[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.

[BrewMonkey1]

Another winner from expertvillage.

[family4life987]

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

[SkogKniv]

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

[jimjon7]

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

[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 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

[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.

[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]

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.