Elbow adze

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mr dazzler

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Aug 28, 2004
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I made this little adze yesterday from bits and pieces I had around the house
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Here is a short video of my first ever use of an elbow adze. This one, with a little fettling and tuning is going to be great for semi-detailed work....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U05cuYrj_yY
Thanks for looking,
cheers Jonathan :)
 

mr dazzler

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Aug 28, 2004
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Thanks for looking guys:)

Great to see it finished, proper job, as they say here in Devon. I like the shape of the handle, I may have made the handle a bit longer myself.

Dont forget I have the other fabricated and pegged oak ones still in progress, they are considerably longer but need forged blade's (curved and/or lipped). I will be posting pics and video's of those in due course. I did this because a suitabley shaped bit of ash came out of the wood pile:). Its probaly about the same size as a djarv babby adze....the 1 1/2 inch chisle was just the right width for the ash. Still trying out various wrapping materials. Thick monofilament line or strimmer line might be good, something with a little stretchy tension....run out of raw hide:lmao:

cheers Jonathan
 

mr dazzler

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Aug 28, 2004
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I finished the first adze that is fabricated from a cut out plank rather than made from a crook branch. Its about 12 inches long, blade was made from recyclled billhook steel. It was epoxie'd to the oak handle and wrapped with twisted linen threads, then soaked in a mix of yelow paint and oil
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I intend to use this tool to get a micro adzed finish on bowls and dishes (like you see on old beams, but producing a smaller scale tool mark) I'll post a video later of it cutting.......
chers Jonathan :)
 

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