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817587 No.817587 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /diy/, i have a shitty old axe that i'd like to re purpose. thinking of cutting it similar to pic related to make 2 tools. a pick and a small camp axe or carving axe. i don't currently own a grinder, what other methods are there for cutting an axe head?

>> No.817601

>>817587
Hacksaw will work. It'll take a long time and you may need 2 blades. Usually, only the first inch or so of the cutting edge is hardened tool steel jacketed over softer steel. So towards the edge it may be slower going than the rest.

>> No.819108

>>817587
OP, grinders are quite useful tools, and surprisingly cheap. I would just buy a cheap one (they have them here from 25euros on new) and a second hand will be even less. You dont need an expensive one at all.

Get good discs, like 1 mm cutting discs and thick grinding ones, and knock yourself out on this thing. Absolutely make sure you wear hand/ear/eye protection, and preferably a breathing mask as well.

>> No.819116

Why not just re-haft it? It's not hard to do.

>> No.819133

>>819108
I heard the HF electric angle grinder is bretty gud, and probably doesn't cost more than $40, if that.

>> No.819328

>>819133
DeWalt corded angle grinders are only like $50 new, you might as well get one of those.

>> No.819410

there is no way you will make a curved cut like that with an angle grinder, unless you use about 20 grinding disks and go in from both sides.
Waste of time and effort, stick a new handle on the axe and sell it and buy yourself a camp axe.

>> No.819413

>>819133
I paid $20 for my HF grinder, stay away from their cheapest. I've been making it sweat for a few years now from heavy use. My first grinder died only because I got it wedged in a car chassis and stripped the gears.

>> No.819925

Wouldn't the heat from a grinder ruin the edge?

>> No.819928

>>817587

This is a job for a band saw brah

>> No.819930

Drill a bunch of holes and hit it with a hammer. Clean up with a file.

>> No.819931

wood chisel faggot

>> No.819946
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819946

You can't make that cut with an angle grinder, period - no matter how many blades you have. You need a band saw with a metal cutting blade. A plasma cutter large enough to go through an axe head costs $$$$.

Check craigslist for a used band saw. You will not be able to machine the head of that axe into what you want for less than the cost of a new pickaxe or wood axe.

>> No.820102

A die grinder will work.