I really fancied one of the GF adzes but can's afford one so had a go at making one from a short section of scaffolding pole and a bit of oak branch.
I chopped it out roughly with an angle grinder and a bench wheel.. hammered out the sides a bit and drilled a few holes. Its held on with a bolt, and I haven't heat treated it as I'm not sure what you can do with the metal scaffolding poles are made of, I'm assuming its a mildish steel, but it worked ok for roughing out a bowl, took about 10 mins... I need to practice a bit more and need to make one of those clamps for holding the bowl, but so far I'm pleased with it...
I chopped it out roughly with an angle grinder and a bench wheel.. hammered out the sides a bit and drilled a few holes. Its held on with a bolt, and I haven't heat treated it as I'm not sure what you can do with the metal scaffolding poles are made of, I'm assuming its a mildish steel, but it worked ok for roughing out a bowl, took about 10 mins... I need to practice a bit more and need to make one of those clamps for holding the bowl, but so far I'm pleased with it...