An Axe You're Going To Want/Need: Timber Framing With Both Power And Handtools 

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It's a small community Nathan. You asked me about Tim awhile back. I've known Rooster for a bit over 10 years and worked with him on a few projects. He didn't start the Axe Junkies forum, but took it over from the original creator and has been running and growing it for quite awhile. I understand your obsession with sharpening. I tend to high polish framing chisels and draw knives etc. Axes though, ones that you really do work with, I just use a sharpening stone - frequently. No water or oil, just the stone for regular tuning to keep it sharp. My felling and hewing axe do a lot of work. No time to polish them, but no need either. It's more than you actually need for axe work. I have a nice made in Sweden boys axe (2.25 lbs) that I use when doing waste removal in joinery( I found one just like Tim Beal "timberdoodles" uses).ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xhfaqXkMNZo.html

Lookin Good! Many years of work hard work will be coming out of that axe!! Enjoy and Thanks for your support

I grew up around lake Waccamaw North Carolina which is where council tool is located. I've owned their tools my whole life. Good quality, american-made, and fair priced. Doesn't get any better than that.

Great Video Nathan. Love the patience you show. No rush. Just one speed. When you are doing what you enjoy - why rush? All the best from Newfoundland.

Brilliant Axe

Thank you Nathan for introducing us to that beautiful axe. This can really do the job, especially for timber framing. Have a great rest of your week.

looks like it would make an excellent camping ( or Glamping as some call it ) Axe to keep in my travel trailer since I don't happen to have an timber framing to do and my kindling comes from the shop scrap bin... Nice tool Nate!

Magic Man and his Axe!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great to see a master and his apprentice using the same axe!! Been watching roosters videos for the last few weeks. Great workmanship. Love Buckin Billy Ray videos of making axes, wonderful. Love this video Nathan, thank you, great to see different methods of removing wood. All the very best for 2020. Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧

Our local Hudson River museum and boat school has a chain mortiser for use in the restoration of wooden boats and sailing ships.

Nathan, in my younger days I did many mortices using a hand boring machine. As you said, "sharp tools is a must". With a good bit, a corner chisel and a 1 1/2 in chisel, you can probably beet your time with that machine you got there !!!

That is one sweet axe.

I had one of the older chain mortiser, worked good but didn’t use it enough. Another tool worth it’s cost is a corbal saw, has more uses. I noticed you were standing in front of $10,000 worth of new Festool boxes. I’m more of an adze man but I’m 70 now and so now use a 4” chisel in a smaller impact hammer as a sort of large power carver. Works good.

Well now I really need to timber frame something so I can use some of these tools I own.

Great video Nathan, and what a beautiful tool. Seeing the speed that rooster chopped that mortise housing honestly made my jaw drop. Time to sharpen my axe!

Another excellent video! True craftsman! 👍🇺🇸👍

I’ve had this axe, and it’s accompanying hatchet, for a couple of years now. They are both worth the price, no questions asked. Highly recommended. Long time viewer, first time commenter. Thanks for another great video. Keep up the good work, and all the best to you.

Wow! He was really going after it with that axe! 😅

Awesome

Some might say I'm obsessed with my waterstones, I prefer to think of it as total immersion in the Zen of attaining the perfect edge just for the edge of it. As always, love your channel, keep up the great work!

Pretty to watch Nathan! Thanks mate 👍🏻🇦🇺

White pine is sure pleasant to work with. Nathan, seems like it has been a while since you did a shop tour. Love to see all the improvements you have done with that old rabbit barn.

Sweet axe!!

Great information and video! I am looking for a good axe and you really helped me!

Now that’s a great axe brother.

l sure like that Axe...Man o man....This is a very good video....Thanks very much...All the best to you and yours in 2020....Your friend Steve just barely across the line..l.Live where Tenn...Virg .and Kentucky meet...!

WOW!! Ole Rooster is a master. How did you get your knowledge building timber frame Nathan? Take classes. book learning, watching people. Looks like a lot of work but satisfying. You wouldn't want to mess up too much!

Hey Nathan! Good job on the framing!! Soon you will be throwing chips and knocking over your camera... Axe-on! Peace, Rooster :)

Nice axe. Rooster really gets after it!

The Ending was Music to my ears!👍

that is so sweet!

Yep that guy is certainly familiar and confident in swinging that axe.

Wow Nathan - you were gettin' on it! Are you sure you ain't been doing this secretly for 20 years and just pretending you just started? And if Rooster's been teaching you, no wonder you're doing such a good job. Another man that's mastered hand tools is Mr. Chickadee - NO power tools at all. He has two good hewing videos, if you don't mind me sharing them: Hewing A White Oak 6"X6" and A Few Hewing Methods. Happy New Year, and enjoy your new toy... er tools, safely!

Great video I love that axe and that mortise tool.

Nice demo, nice axe, 🙋🏻‍♂️

Just give a man with some talent and twenty + years experience... Good on both of you.

Nathan, I've seen you take that Mikita chain mortiser from a rough cut tool to a precision instrument in just a couple, three videos. Congrats to you and Mikita! The axe is a work of art, though it appeared to me that the blade was in serious need of sharpening.

I also like to watch timberdoodles pretty fast also

'Rooster' can really throw the chips!

I don't think it'll take you long to get into the swing, Nathan! I have a hatchet head I put on a 2 ft. shovel handle and made into a camp axe. Works great on small trees for firewood.

Please pardon me sir. I underestmated your skill and knowlege. Rock on!!!

That’s a beautiful axe. Looks like it works perfectly. Could you also use an oscillating saw to remove the exact amount of material from those mortise joints?

Wow

Sweet axe! I could reduce some very expensive lumber into useless chips in no time flat with that baby! 🤣👍

That back-lighting didn't interfere with my view! It haloed your head!!!---And, OH MY, the intro...wonderful!

Sharp tools prevent forced accidents.

Rooster also put a wider bevel on his axe.

Great video like to learn how to do timber frame

Helpful stuff- Thanks! What kind of mallet does Rooster use at the end of the video? Looks pretty beefy with a single face.

Master craftsmen, . . . . .

Thats an eternity of spraking followed by machining and sawing then a bit axe action there it, accounting all the prework, could be done with literally a screwdriver

That motising tool is a real beast. Really?

Thank you for this professional tutorial, this was very helpful!

Nice axe. Once you get to be as good as Rooster, you'll cut out a lot of fabrication/construction time.

*It is going to take you a while to match Rooster's muscle memory craftsmanship, but that is normal.*

That wasn't Rooster's first day.

Although it takes seconds to use the chainsaw mortiser, I have seen the hand-operated mortise and with sharp drill bits, the process is almost as quick.

You guys definitely have some beaver in your blood.

I see why they call him rooster...he let's those chips ""fly""

I’m not a big fan of bearded axes, wood can catch on the handle more than a full head. It looks beautiful though

Be nice to have that kind of money for a single purpose tool. Guess I'll have to do it a different way or get me a you tube job. Great videos.

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Have to confess, I didn't know an axe could be used like that.

@skipper9400 I also bought a Council Tools Pack Axe, and have modified it to suit my needs...I did convex the edge, getting rid of the stupid scandi edge....IMHO it has no place on an axe...I have knives to carve with if I need to, however I rarely do that because I ALWAYS carry Jute twine, and Fatwood...cut the twine is 3 inch segments, break it down to fluff, and it will catch fire from any spark instantly, and if you have some shavings of dry wood, you're good to go....fatwood lights easier offa the jute and burns longer than plain shavings, and that's why I use them....I'm 76 years young now, and easier is better LOL.....I also ordered a Boys Axe handle, (they share the same Eye Size), and re-hafted the Pack axe with it, as the 23" handle it came with was too short....the 28" handle made all the difference in the world with the axe, as it is now a VERY good small firewood-camp wood splitter, and the extra 4" of handle is carried just as easily in a pack as the 24" handle...the difference in length is negligible, packing it, and you can always choke up on the handle, but you cannot lengthen it.....and it's a LOT safer splitting with it now, no need to get on your knees if you have a splitting block to put the wood on to split...all in all it's truely a great axe now, and I've had Granfors brux and all the rest...this is the best packing axe that I know of.....the other thing I would say to all who want to go play in the woods, is just this: TAKE A FOLDING SAW !! and here's why...cutting thru DRY wood for fire making, (or any reason), is just dumb unless you HAVE to, as that is a very good way to roll or chip even a good axe's edge, and there are plenty of good folding saws out there , I carry, (and love), a Corona RS 7245.........OnWard.........