10 seconds of silence to appreciate those axes who were needlessly sacrificed for the making of this video.

@solomonkane223

2 жыл бұрын

At first I thought it was going to be to widen the cutting edge by combining a piece of one onto the other... Turns out it was just to fuck up 2 different ones.

@DANGVINH17

2 жыл бұрын

5 minutes of my life are wasted by this useless idea

@davidsalvadorini7276

2 жыл бұрын

"You've ruined a perfectly good jacket." "Ah, incorrect Marge, two perfectly good jackets." cit.

@jacktribble5253

2 жыл бұрын

I started administering the last rites at about 1:30.

@kansasross

2 жыл бұрын

@@solomonkane223 You got dat right!

The secret being ordinary axes have not been modified, having worked perfectly well as they are for thousands of years. This new 'design' adds stress to the top of the blade edge and increases the likelihood of shearing (and accident) as a result. For what it's worth, I have these type of ideas myself...when I'm drunk. Sober, I know they make no sense, so I don't follow through with them.

@bigjohn1202

2 жыл бұрын

Right? It's like when I used to occasionally get stoned, I'd write down my ideas that seemed so perfectly executed and brilliant before I had even laid my hand upon a single tool. Then I have breakfast the next morning as I laugh at my own designs and ideas. 😂

@shane3498

2 жыл бұрын

This video owes me 5 minutes and 23 seconds of my life back. Oh you can quarter kiln dried pine 4x4s in a single stroke. Great. You wasted two axes and lumber for kindling. Not to mention 5 minutes and 23 seconds of my life...

@Ari-pw6nu

2 жыл бұрын

The only piece that was not significantly weakened is the wooden handle. Most significant is the negative effect the extra weight and reduced length created to the balance engineered tool.

@Ari-pw6nu

2 жыл бұрын

Still might make one for a zombie apocalypse, though.

@billyandrew

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ari-pw6nu 😂😂😂

I'm inpressed how you turned two perfectly good axes into one tool that wouldn't split most firewood. Selected short length no knots hardware timber is not most firewood.

@kentuckycowboy7660

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed👍 splitting 2x4s and 4x4s is nothing. Where’s the hard wood like the green oak tree log that was just cut down?

@willwarro4054

2 жыл бұрын

you don't burn pine lumber in wood stoves, fireplaces, wtf ever. its called pine creosote. = chimney fires! duh. now lets see you quad chop an osage orange log or a piece of locust wood. = hydraulic wood splitter. duh.

@elainedavis3969

2 жыл бұрын

yeah but its still cool and could be useful, besides, you did'nt have to be a smart ass about it

@grahamlafond6176

Жыл бұрын

Homer.. You've ruined a perfectly good axe! Wrong Marge. I've ruined TWO perfectly good axes.

@doinamartin329

Жыл бұрын

@@kentuckycowboy7660 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999

This is a prime example of taking a relatively simple job and making it MUCH more difficult than necessary.

@ChrisJohnson-lc4bd

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same and why not weld it like a small 1/8” weld that way it doesn’t fold the attached part

@MD-DOOM

Жыл бұрын

Not everything is about practicality. It's an art

@klimatbluffen

Жыл бұрын

👍

@11calman

Жыл бұрын

Yep, what no one seems to notice is,,,,,,,, The wood was so dry I could have cut it with my,,,D,,,,,,,,, (Haha, KZread, bless their cotton sox, told me not to use that word), well done

@stewartfenton7660

Жыл бұрын

@@MD-DOOM nonsense, people are likely to copy this without any thought to how dangerous this tool is.

When you writed "secret of an ordinary axe", I thought that there's an actual secret compartment or something that that I was completely unaware of. There's nothing secret about this. It's called destroying a perfectly good axe.

@georgekatsinis5224

2 жыл бұрын

"writed"???

@marchlander1

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgekatsinis5224 Well, they didn't teach me proper english in school. They were very basic classes. How I speak and write in english is 99.9% learned trough internet surfing on my own. I'm from Slovenia, btw and 29 yo.

@SAJackGeneric

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a Simpsons joke. "Look everyone, now that I’m a teacher I’ve sewed patches on my elbows." "Homer, that's supposed to be leather patches on a tweed blazer, not that other way around. You've ruined a perfectly good jacket!" "Ah, incorrect, Marge. TWO perfectly good jackets."

@flamingfrancis

2 жыл бұрын

@@marchlander1 To help you out for next time the word you need in WROTE....the past tense of write. You are doing well otherwise. Pleasing to see you use the correct "there"...so many stuff that one up given the three choices...their, they're

@iamthecheese2737

2 жыл бұрын

*two good axes. Two

Absolutely nuts. That little 1/4” screws will shear and leave you with a sharp wedge flying about.

@MrPhatties

2 жыл бұрын

It's the best outcome we can hope for after witnessing this.

@campervanbug7658

2 жыл бұрын

🤫 we're trying to reduce the population of idiots sitting around on welfare and watching the internet while the rest of us are working

@Phantom8589

2 жыл бұрын

@@campervanbug7658 Best comment I've seen all day 👏

@jackburton9507

2 жыл бұрын

@@campervanbug7658 not all of us are on welfare,so are retired,spending the money from the other Bank ;)

@campervanbug7658

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackburton9507 just trolling, I'm unemployed at the moment, I work and travel, live in a tent , I'm a freaking hobo🤣👌

When you split with an axe, you produce two pieces that go to your sides. This tool would produce two pieces that might come towards you. Can’t wait for part two, where he builds a safety cage out of 6” nails.

@wallyguardian4456

2 жыл бұрын

hahahaha😁

@brucestc5859

2 жыл бұрын

hahaah

@steaminghotjava

2 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't that be 9" nails? :D

@jameskeith7608

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@1gerard47

Жыл бұрын

no solid steel.

When you have a garage full of tools you constantly have to dream up hair brained ways of using them. I think I'll stick with an axe design that has served mankind for 1000s of years.

I'm impressed at how effortlessly you turned a perfectly good axe into a really dangerous axe

@davidmcdowell1791

2 жыл бұрын

Shin guards and jock straps

@davidmcdowell1791

2 жыл бұрын

Strap (singular)

@rpaasse6453

2 жыл бұрын

And sharpening on a grinder, really know what he is doing..................not.

@CarryTrainer

2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious 😂

@rpaasse6453

2 жыл бұрын

@@imapiledriver2462 Never chop wood do you?

Thank you! This will prove to be extremely handy if I ever feel the need to accidentally maim myself or others with flying pieces of axe!

@R1davies

2 жыл бұрын

Zombie preparation

@garbo3682

2 жыл бұрын

Boo hoo

@dogtownllc724

2 жыл бұрын

@@R1davies I suppose if you're trying to turn YOURSELF into a zombie, this is the axe to use! Except.. don't the undead usually die from head wounds?

@dougustine

2 жыл бұрын

@@R1davies I would rather just sharpen the original axe for the zombies

@R1davies

2 жыл бұрын

@@dougustine baseball bat with nails poking out for me

Love how you secured the second blade with a cheap chinesium furniture bolt that's made out of noodles.

@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO

We have a saying - Why make it difficult, when you can make it impossible !

Around the time I realized he was trying to make a cross-shaped axe, I knew the comment section was going to be priceless.

@bennyblack6079

Ай бұрын

next week he will show you how to remove the brakes and seatbelts from your car so it will drive faster..

Just spent 5 minutes watching someone destroy 2 perfectly good axes 😂

@russelllangworthy8855

2 жыл бұрын

@@nurseniki6004 Lmao. Well said!

@bennyblack6079

Ай бұрын

yes but it could be used for large cheese blocks....

My comment is...why?

It has too little pressure at the junction where those blades meet, hence requiring more effort compared to a single blade configuration. sure it might be ok for dry soft wood. Hope you give us feedback on how tedious it is when working with bigger and denser wood.

Блин испортил два топора! Испытание на сосново-еловых брусочках считаю не компетентными. Надо было на дубе,клене или берёзе да диаметром в 30-40 см. Вот тогда было бы интересно,и зачетно. А так одно баловство и порча топоров.

@user-kg3uf4yf8k

2 жыл бұрын

Правильно пишешь,топоры жалко.

@caleks4500

2 жыл бұрын

Точно

@Lemur819

2 жыл бұрын

На дубе ему кусок лезвия в башку прилетел, просто это в видео не вошло :)

@user-mf5er5zn1b

2 жыл бұрын

Очень хороший щепкорез и щепкокол😁

@user-wg6sh9vp6f

2 жыл бұрын

Так топоры гавно, ему с советскими поработать.

Hardening on both axes totally ruined, and the secondary axe is held in place by a single screw without proper registration at the back for force dissipation. Also, the secondary axe will not bear any torsion as it has almost zero arm to the main body to keep it straight. Don't chop anything tougher than soft wood, and don't try this more than a dozen times or so.

@Kara_Kay_Eschel

2 жыл бұрын

I have seen a similar project where the person welded the secondary axe to the main blade.

@okidoki5695

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kara_Kay_Eschel Welding sounds a bit more reasonable then this with screw. My opinion!

@R1davies

2 жыл бұрын

How many times did he fit the second piece the wrong way round too?

@basspig

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kara_Kay_Eschel if you will have it then that seriously limits the availability of sharpening tools.

@juansolo1617

2 жыл бұрын

Just my two cents here, but the harder material always wins in a collision, all other factors being equal. The hardening loss won't matter much for most wood, even hardwoods. Case hardening is also a fairly easy DIY project for something this size.

Neat video but this would never work with real logs, it would just get stuck and probably break. It takes a massive amount of force to split logs, sometimes is barely possible, adding another edge would make the difficult logs impossible. This would only work on much smaller pieces. The 2 axe heads should also be welded together. The single ahead with the piece cut out would eventually break

Why must everyone feel compelled to add music to their videos? If we want to watch a music video we'll search for a music video.

@shawnsmith-wr5ri

Ай бұрын

Great call waiting music not 😂😂😂

I still don’t get it. What was achieved here? Destruction of two axes ? If the answer is yes, you did a pretty good job 👍

@stephenbachman132

2 жыл бұрын

Yes destruction of 2 perfectly good axes an a waste of a afternoon.

I was an engineer and manufacturing director for a hand tool manufacturer for many years. This video is a disturbing, yet excellent example of why only professionals with the proper educational background, training and experience should design/manufacture hand tools. People don't realize how many specifications and standards are written for hand tools. Quality manufacturers who stand by their products incorporate these requirements into the design and manufacture of their tools in order to ensure product safety. While tools are designed and thoroughly tested for "unintended use", you can't stop people from doing stupid sh#t like this and putting themselves and people around them at risk of serious injury. Advice to all - never modify your hand tools or use them in a manner for which they were not originally designed. Also, always wear proper eye protection when working with or around hand tools of any kind. And, buy quality tools that you know are made by a reputable manufacturer - you get what you pay for!

@riaannel2766

Жыл бұрын

Bought and payed for the tool. It is then officially my tool. I can use it however I want and modify if i want.

@JB-pu6ek

Жыл бұрын

@@riaannel2766 There's a really good saying you know, "just because I can do it, doesn't mean I should."

@jozsefsalagvardi7694

Жыл бұрын

An ax handle split from wedging (at time of 4:00/5:33) will only be usable for a short time. And what if this 4-pronged ax gets stuck in the tree... how to remove it?

@jenstrudenau9134

Жыл бұрын

That axe is stupid. But your slave mentality is much worse.

@iamtheprogression

Жыл бұрын

Top advice

Home workshop: makes convoluted solution to problem that never existed Also home workshop: buys firewood at service station

Virtually every time this bloke picks up a tool, he misuses it. 😂

You are right about one thing. Not everyone knows this secret.

@ri3cjoh

2 жыл бұрын

I know another secret. If you erase the corners of a $5 bill, it turns into a $20 bill. NO ONE KNOWS!

@user-ud1vo9ju3i

2 жыл бұрын

Потому что это никому и на не надо.))

@vinitsharma7831

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... Only few drunken people know the secret.

@robertjr263

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahhaahahahahahahahahahaha BRAVO BRAVO HAHAHAHAHA

What did I miss? A costly and labor-intensive way to turn a couple of axes into a single tool that doesn't work as well as the less expensive tool already in the garage? I'm so confused.

@bennyblack6079

Ай бұрын

dont be, its only youtube

I’m happy to see I’m not the only one who thought this was a waste of two perfectly good tools.

I'm impressed how that axe made short work of that Balsa wood

First of all an axe is for chopping against the grain, a maul is for splitting with the grain and what you have is something that can't do either. Sure it'll split kiln dried lumber but try splitting firewood, it'll bury itself so deep you'll snap the handle trying to get it out!

@juggeist

2 жыл бұрын

not to mention the shitty handle fitting with 5mm gap to the front.

@canucanoe2861

2 жыл бұрын

You saved me some typing. Thanks.

@classicsteve6836

2 жыл бұрын

plus the video suggestion in the center of the screen at the end blocks everything... wow

@iamnegan1515

2 жыл бұрын

had to shorten his 4x4 to get it to split.

@iamthecheese2737

2 жыл бұрын

Or shear off one of the now structurally damaged axe wedges and seriously injure or kill someone

First time the 4-way gets stuck in a piece of wood you'll take that cross blade off forever.

love the work shop and all the nice equipment ..I could spend days in a shop like that just doing home repairs .

I'm impressed how soft those axe heads are.

I like how at the end, the next video icon completely blocks him actually using the dual bladed axe… Didn’t get to actually see it in action because of that.

@danorley5575

2 жыл бұрын

That happens to often never get to see the end of any video 😖😖😖

@michaeldavis8647

2 жыл бұрын

So tired of wasting time watching something just to have the end covered up!

@gustavcrossbow2805

2 жыл бұрын

slide town and hold the video the overlay disappears

@Guillotines_For_Globalists

2 жыл бұрын

This is pure BULL SHIP!

@72jesvil

2 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

What I'm seeing here is a substantially weakened axe, with added stress concentrating sharp internal corners and a drilling. There's nothing here to be enthusiastic about.

@peppylapeeeU

2 жыл бұрын

You're seeing a product of God sneezing on the assembly line!

that was a hell of a lot of work to do on those axes to save a stroke of an axe. there's 5 min of my life that I'll never get back.

That was 5 minutes and 23 seconds of my life I'd never get back.

As I watched him destroy 2 perfectly good axe heads, I thought "This better be great." It wasn't.

@jamesalan3450

2 жыл бұрын

hahahahaa, I was thinking the exact same thing - one minute in, two minutes in, three minutes in... waiting, waiting, waiting. By the time I was four and five minutes in it had become a train wreck I couldn't stop watching. I am not sure if I am mad at the person who posted video or myself for watching the entire 5:23. Good grief...

@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND

2 жыл бұрын

Same here! Exact same thoughts! LOL

@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesalan3450 🤣😂

That's certainly one way to destroy two ax's and some drill bits and a tap and waste a weekend. It's videos like these that make me glad I use Adblock.

Reading the comments was much more fun than watching two good axes get modified.

I’ve done this but I just cut another axe head and then welded it on. Then I re-hardened the steel and voilà, saved a lot of time.

Doesn't seem like this is going to last very long especially if you plan on splitting real wood.

@Triad637

2 жыл бұрын

USD$10.99 diamond wedge at Harbor Freight

I was interested in seeing what he was trying to accomplish with this contraption he was making. Then when it came time for the demo, a huge linked picture to another video covered the center of the of the screen, keeping the "Secret of an Ordinary Ax" a secret! Really?!

@IrishScott71

2 жыл бұрын

Wonder if he'll ever notice he covered it up? You'd think he'd fix it... all the time watching is now pointless if we don't see it work... that's the reward of watching the video IMHO

@lawmanlawreaper

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of work when you can just chop the wood one more time :)

@AndrewStergiou

2 жыл бұрын

yeap I have to label that stupid.

@iamthecheese2737

2 жыл бұрын

I figured it out fairly quickly into the video what he was planning on doing soon as he started cutting up the first ax and looking at the thumbnail. Obviously by minute 2 it was making two cheap axes into one defunct and structurally dangerous axe.

@rnash999

2 жыл бұрын

@@IrishScott71 He didn't clean up the cut he made in the first axe, ensure the sharp corners will crack and shear off. So why bother doing anything else right?

Sometimes secrets should just be kept secret. This is definitely one of those times. (Albeit this isn't any actual "secret")

"My wife, what a battle axe!" - N. MacDonald.

I disagree. Why ruin a perfectly good axe just to save minimal effort for splitting wood. Cool design and thinking but it's not for me.

The Notch creates a "Notch Effect". Even if it is WELDED, which would be BETTER than bolting it, a WELD is a Notch effect as well. Over time that thing will fatigure and break.

@satishkumar0075

2 жыл бұрын

बकवास

@OnceUponAnotherTime

4 ай бұрын

Whyat time? It will never be used again.

Damn you've got thousands of dollars in just machine tools alone. I don't have a band saw and I don't have a belt grinder so I guess me making this piece is outta the question for me.

There's 5:23 of my morning that I'll never get back.

Cut two perfectly good axes, screw them together cross ways, you now have the ability to split soft wood 4 ways. Saved you 5 minutes 23 seconds.

@Tangarisu

2 жыл бұрын

And a lethal projectile in the making

I've used a little Hudson Bay axe like your original in the woods for many years to knock stobs and peel fence staves. For splitting kindling, I've found nothing beats my 8 pound maul.

@bgdesignandsolutions

2 жыл бұрын

. . . . gave up sledges and wedges long time ago. Use my 30 ton splitter now days.

@moosebrandon8665

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty hard to beat the 8lb for sure.

@My-Pal-Hal

2 жыл бұрын

If you're splitting wood. Nothing beats the Ole Chopper 1 🤗 That thing "was*" amazing. ... but I see New Ones on ebay 🤔☺️

@georgyibelonogov2580

2 жыл бұрын

Бестолковый топор,не нужно придумывать велосипед

I think there's still a little room for chain saw to add on. .. you should try it. Can you imagine just how efficient that would be??

@hermes667

Жыл бұрын

yes... weld the chainsaw to the other side of the axe. The extra weight will also help cutting dry wood... lol

Now I know why I don't have one of those "near" my tool box!!

I could see this getting stuck in larger logs and would likely break the axe trying to get it unstuck. That and being totally dangerous.

@MarkTillotson

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely its a disaster waiting to happen - could only be strong enough if welded properly, and completely impossible to remove once stuck - very dangerous design.

@Rick-the-Swift

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkTillotson Plus you can freeze to death if you don't wear a warm enough coat while chopping fire wood. It's safer to just live in your parents' basement and criticize others who make youtube videos 👍

The window in the centre of the screen ( 5.25 approx. ) obscures the finished cut so you cannot truly see the end result

@christophercrawford2736

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Very frustrating.

@johnvandike

2 жыл бұрын

I actually think that it is better that way..

@jeffkamrath1640

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. Watched the whole video to see NOTHING at the end!

@kansasross

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffkamrath1640 Couldn't you tell by then that there was nothing worth seeing?

@Boothby67

2 жыл бұрын

This obscuring must be a utube (sic) thing. Happens all the time now and is highly annoying. KZread we are your customers and revenue. Stop being irritating!

If Eugene is your real name then ''Careful with that axe Eugene'' should be you theme tune. (Pink Floyd humour).

The guys who make these videos always seem to have thousands of dollars of equipment and all the right tools to make things. Their skills are off the charts.

@bobm3919

Ай бұрын

This idea may be off the chart, but it's off in the wrong direction.

After greatly reducing the structure of the axe head you drilled a hole through the remainder weakening it even further, When (not if) that axe head disintegrates on impact, I sincerely hope nobody is anywhere nearby.

@22lr_plinking

2 жыл бұрын

Notice they reply in garble That video is absolutely a stupid modification, hope no one tries it.

@billyandrew

2 жыл бұрын

@@22lr_plinking The reply above you is from someone incarcerated in a secure unit for the mentally unfit, I think.

@22lr_plinking

2 жыл бұрын

@@billyandrew I agree. Not sure what they were trying to say lol. Maybe he/she tried the ax thing and this is what happened lol

@Micro-Moo

2 жыл бұрын

There is one merit of it, potential Darwin Award... 🙂

@boogieknee3781

2 жыл бұрын

Or behind him when he pulls it out and it snaps.

This is a fine example why the dislike button still needs to work. Just ruined 2 axes to make one super weak splinting ax.

@edimahler

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!! Thank you for this, even if off-topic here. Google destroyed the nice function to see, if a video is worth looking or not. I almost completely stopped liking things on KZread since this function is gone...

Now that's how an axe should be built from the factory ! That would be great for poplar or knot free oak

I have to admit the final product looks pretty menacing I like it

I have questions. 1. Why cut up the heads? You know you’re removing metal and that will make it weak. 2. Why didn’t you cut a curf and wedge it then put the barrel wedges in? That would help secure it better. Also scrape the finish off and use boiled linseed oil to coat it top to bottom. For hardcore wood splitting that axe is a safety hazard and a joke. I mean you even you even removed metal through the head to add a bolt. In a matter of time and using it in hard woods or nasty knots, you’ll risk splitting the head there or worse it could break off and brain someone. Think about it. In my opinion you wasted 2 axes, a lot of time making the video. I mean how much wood could you have split if you would have used your time and resources better.

@vincedibona4687

2 жыл бұрын

You are taking this *far* too seriously, bro. 🤣😂🤣

@neildoesstuff

2 жыл бұрын

but seriously, for the sake of argument, why not just weld them together and re-harden them? I agree this is a fool's errand, but the far simpler, stronger, etc. route was not taken.

@13uRnIngIcE

2 жыл бұрын

3 Letters: Fun

@MuskratOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you.....sadly though the number of views this video got, I'm guessing he made at least a few hundred dollars from this nonsense.

@timothymaynor9791

2 жыл бұрын

@@MuskratOutdoors yeah but we watched also lol. We must have been really bored.

I forgot what it was like to throw up in my mouth. Thank You for reminding me.

OSHA Approved. Meets all Intl. Engineering Standards. Safe as hell.

I stopped watching when he used one hammer to strike another hammer to drive the handle out. True craftsman there.

That'll work until you actually try to split an actual log. Try some cherry, or anything with knots in it. Also seems like it'd last about 20 strikes before shattering on the weakened part.

I'm pretty sure I've seen a real one of these before except the head was 1 solid piece, much thicker and heavier to ensure that it could actually split a decent log. Also axes are for chopping and mauls are for splitting.

Great idea Even better to try it But wood with knots are going to pose a bit of a problem for this

how to turn 2 perfectly functioning axes into a pile of junk that flies around my ears after a hundred hits

You know a better version already exists. And axes aren’t meant for splitting wood either. That’s what a splitting maul is made for 👍

@williamsrmonroe8406

2 жыл бұрын

The axe depicted here is designed for splitting. Been used since forever. The double edge axe is used for cutting down and removing limbs. ( pretty much has been replaced with the chainsaw). The splitting maul is a whole different animal. Most people don’t have the nuts to swing a splitting maul for more than a couple of minutes. That’s why we have log splitters.

@t.b.a.r.r.o.

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamsrmonroe8406 The hidden secret to splitting wood with a maul is good control. It's not as much about strength as it seems. But the best thing to control is when to split. I use to wait for a stretch of below freezing weather. Keep the maul by heater/woodstove. Split for 15 minutes, put the maul back in heat while stacking, get a warm drink, then go another 15 mins. The frozen wood explodes as the maul lands. But don't forget to warm the maul. If it freezes the handle will also explode.

@boomstick4054

2 жыл бұрын

If you want to get technical, that’s a hatchet 🪓. And just because there’s a tool called a splitting maul doesn’t mean a hatchet isn’t for splitting wood too.

@williamsrmonroe8406

2 жыл бұрын

@@boomstick4054 I’m reading this late. I’ve had a few on a Saturday night. I’ll do the tech tomorrow night nite

@williamsrmonroe8406

2 жыл бұрын

@@t.b.a.r.r.o. I do agree however ya pretty much have to get it over your head. Again two minutes. Done it many times. I prefer wedge and sledge.

I did this to my axe and let me tell you something. It was great. My nieghbor loves to come over and "help ". But since I destroyed the structural integrity of my axe head my nieghbor wont come within 100 yds of me while im chopping wood. Which is very convenient considering his house is 100 yds away.

@jankampen9870

2 жыл бұрын

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11 million people wasted 5 minutes to be extremely pissed off that dude has the tools to stay in man cave away from Mamma

You mistake this for the definition of Clickbait. Ya got me 😂

Clickbait, dishonest people like this should be banned from KZread.

My grandpa told me when I was around 8 years old " the best wood splitter he has ever seen was someone young that split it for him " aka me lol!! Twenty years later I still cut and split it for him and still use the same godevil head he taught me with. It's had several different handles but you can't beat the still of hand forged!

@garyjones2582

2 жыл бұрын

Just get u a hydraulic log splitter...and take it easy...

@kcsandelectronistzsolt7084

2 жыл бұрын

@@garyjones2582 In the middle of nowhere?

@kansasross

2 жыл бұрын

@@kcsandelectronistzsolt7084 They run on gasoline and they are a wonderful improvement over the axe and the sledgehammer with wedges.

@dammitman1664

2 жыл бұрын

@@garyjones2582 that would be too easy!

@weareallbeingwatched4602

2 жыл бұрын

@@dammitman1664 just get one of them young folks to bring it up the hill and nothing is too easy

Works great on kiln dried 4x4s!!

I actually watched the whole video 😳 I think that gives me the right to inherit all those tools once you gone! 🤣🤣🤣😋

I'm impressed how well that tiles surface is holding up to abuse.

@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897

2 жыл бұрын

Good thing he put a block of wood over the tiles as a chopping block.

How is this a "secret" of ordinary axes? If I modified my truck by putting wings, a tail and a couple of jet engines on it I still wouldn't say that my truck was secretly an airplane all along.

@leom9286

2 жыл бұрын

Ah... you forgot a key element..... JATO Rockets !!

@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO

Another secret is if you attach a Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer it will split into 11 perfectly sized pieces. But it has to be the left-handed Hutzler 571.

I wouldn’t consider this a secret more of a complete redesign

When removing an old wooden axe handle, I drill out the wood with an electric drill. First, cut off the wood handle close to the head, and put the head in a vise. Then drill out the wood, and tap out the remaining wood with a punch.

@budahbaba7856

2 жыл бұрын

I tend to use a saw, but that is just because i tend to favor wood wedges in a cross configuration. But yes, it is important to actually remove some material to facilitate the wedge without splitting! :)

@dinlas6725

2 жыл бұрын

apparently he prefers to spend 15k on shop tools, then save $$ by re-using an old axe-handle

"The Secret"? NET: How to ruin two perfectly good tools to make one dangerous one.

I'm no expert on axes or metalworking, but even I can tell that the four pieces that his contraption cuts at the end of the video are wildly uneven - two big pieces and two small ones. In fact, I can't imagine how his contraption could cut such odd pieces.

It is an interesting approach to what has been done for several centuries. Splitting small soft wood blocks is ok for kindling, but would likely fail on a 6-8” x 12-18” white elm, or even red oak. I can see this method of splitting wood, as a good way to knock some of the bark(skin) off your shins. After surviving to 76, while farming, and as a toolmaker, around big machinery and animals, I learned to look at dangers before I do things. This does show ingenuity and “stiktoitivness). Keep it up.

Nice shop tools. A lot of projects come to mind. A duplex axe wasn’t one of them

@ShaunPatterson

2 жыл бұрын

lol

I think the screw will fail fairly rapidly. You'll need a high tensile socket head bolt, which might survive longer. .

@G53X0Y0Z0

2 жыл бұрын

Something like that needs to be welded.

@JoshBattin

2 жыл бұрын

THIS.

@kieranrichardson7929

2 жыл бұрын

Or even better he needs to use a proper bolt and weld everything together

Thanks for the public safety video. Over 9 million views. That's 9 million fewer people who will not try this dangerous modification.

Now I know what sort of axe to use if I ever start burning only kiln dried basswood in my woodstove

@OnceUponAnotherTime

4 ай бұрын

Nope. Still not the right tool.

While i love the creating process this seemed like alot of work to save an extra couple of strokes on wood chopping. And when chopping logs..if it gets stuck will it be possible to rock the blade out?

@francovillarreal7266

2 жыл бұрын

It's just a gimmick, that axe wouldn't be able to cut harder woods, and most likely would just break if used as a regular axe

I have over 30 different hammers. And 12 different axes & mauls. And 3 sizes of chainsaws. Each one is the best tool for the job at hand. A few will get it done or finish it forever. A few will do only one thing really well. This axe is a special purpose device for splitting just those little blocks into 4 smaller pieces for kindling, and it does it every time for him. If one has access to an unlimited number of those blocks for years, then that axe is the right tool. As long as no one tries to use it for anything else, it'll probably last a while. As long as a anyone doesn't grab ahold of it and use it did the wrong purpose. Like people do with all kinds of other tools and destroy them. What do I use to split wood & kindling? I have good friends with 30 ton gas wood splitter that I borrow once or twice a year. I can't swing an axe anymore after shattering my left elbow & upper arm 4 times.

@bgdesignandsolutions

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I gave up wedges and sledges for a 30 ton log splitter myself. Whole lot easier and faster.

I can't believe I wasted 5 min. of my life expecting something that was beneficial. All I learned is how to ruin two axes.

Great filmmaking, somewhat unsettling idea.

Yes, a waste of two axes. I have a fireman's ax with the horn on the backside - It has an extra bit of weight more than a standard ax head and the blade is a bit thinner so it cuts easier. And I can split kindling faster too. I have seen some of my camping friends try to split wood with a pissy camping hatchet with great difficulty and then after a short time, I pull out my axe and say, "Would you like some help? This is a real axe!" Also, you have to read the wood you are chopping. Just as a tree grows up, it will split easier one way better than the other. And further, Dont try to cut through the middle of a big round of wood, you could be there all day. Take a piece off each side, then step around 90 degrees, and take off the next two slabs, so as to make it sort of square, and then cut off the four corners, and work your way into the center. Job done!

I never thought the phrase "painful to watch" could be literal. Today, I suppose, it is one day I have to regretfully admit I was completely wrong, which too hurts.

Eine Lösung für ein Problem, das gar nicht existiert hat. Top.

I love how breaking something to make a new thing that takes way too much effort and is pointless counts as a secret.... Just use an axe man it takes way less time than sharpening 2 blades and having offset cuts

I would think both axes welded in parallel would be better for splitting with the grain than in the cross formation.

@1Clavdivs

Жыл бұрын

Not so, two parallel wedges will compress wood between them making it very had to remove.

In my head while I was watching this video all I kept saying was "please don't be something stupid, please don't be something stupid". Well it indeed was something stupid

Way to go. You just had to go and tell everyone the secret.

several hours of shop work and two destroyed tools just to create a weak POS that is designed to fail, dangerously. The first time that tool is used on an ordinary piece of wood, it will either stick or break. Axes were probably the very first tool ever used by man, so we've had about two million years to perfect the design. Many good inventors and toolmakers have gone broke trying to sell an improved axe design and no one has come up with anything that works more than marginally better than the designs settled on two hundred years ago with the advent of improved tool steel.