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#269981 - 05/16/14 03:01 AM Re: Follow as I learn during my first axe refurb [Re: kevingg]
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Registered: 10/21/05
Posts: 442
Loc: NH
I filed until I sweat, then filed some more. Remind me to put a belt sander on my Christmas list. I have been using the edge guage, marking a few dots along the bit with the sharpie, then filing them out. First straight, then angled one way then angled the other way. Flip axe, mark, repeat. The profile is getting closer to fitting the guage. I also made a few strokes to begin the removal of the secondary bevel and smooth it into the profile. Perhaps another filing session will get me out of profiling and into sharpening. Plenty of new scratches!!

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#269983 - 05/16/14 03:32 AM Re: Follow as I learn during my first axe refurb [Re: kevingg]
CANOEDOGS Offline
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Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 1853
Loc: MINNESOTA

i'm down to the bottom of the post now and have seen all the work you have been doing with gauges and such.it's easy to see why folks just go to the hardware store and get a so-so ax rather than try and fix up a old one.
i look forward to you next photos.

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#269985 - 05/16/14 04:22 AM Re: Follow as I learn during my first axe refurb [Re: CANOEDOGS]
kevingg Offline
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Registered: 10/21/05
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Loc: NH
If I didn't find it fun I definitely wouldn't go through the effort !

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