I can understand that peace it can bring. I'm still working on a 10" double bit axe that has over 120 hrs involved with hand filing, polishing the head and the work on the handle. Still a good bit before I finish it out. All the hours are a great escape from the daily rat race. Polish away jojojeep1
I found my great uncles axe after it sat in a (not too watertight) shed for nearly 30 years. I used it to chop some stump roots as it was - rusty and blunt. I came online to see what could be done, and saw your video...wow.....phenomenal job...great video thanks for posting
I admire the patience and attention to detail involved, but even that beautiful mirror finish can't distract from those flaws in the edge. Of course it's easy for me to be a Monday morning quarterback. Keep up the beautiful work.
I have recently completely restored a couple of broad axes that were very badly rusted i started with a 9 inch grinder and worked down to grinding flap wheels and finally 1200 paper then buffing compound i found the finish you get depends on how much you are willing to sweat and your attention to detail. After all the hard work they are only ever going to be a wall hangers and i keep the mirror finish by spraying it with a clear metal lacquer - Rust Guard - Clear Guard I found it with the metal protecting spray cans at a hardware store here in Australia I spray it on all my shiny wall mounted saws guns and axes sprayed the wife's silver platter over 10 years ago and its still perfect. Keep shining Cheers.
"After all the hard work they are only ever going to be a wall hangers..." that's exactly what I thought of, while watching this video, after so much effort nobody would ever want to use this axe again :D :D
@@noonagon1 I agree with you even though everyone has there own way I guess, but I always go in one direction weather I'm sanding wood going with the grain or if I'm sanding metal. Anytime I tried to switch directions I got very poor results
Brilliant video, especially when you say how long it takes. So many vids never say how long things take..could be 5 mins or 5 hrs!! Inspired me to go to a boot sale, bought a rusty old club hammer for a quid with no handle. Polished it like a mirror, and made a new fat oak handle. Dead chuffed....many thanks for a great video
Sir, before a preventable accident happens to you, please anchor your polish-grinder appropriately. Other than that drawback, great job produced and great video overall.
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@@robstone5333 I think the primary concern is if the wheel catches a long object between itself and the table and the wheel could then propel itself into other objects or the ground.
Great Video Sir, Thank you very much for sharing it with us, I just followed your example and but a fantastic Mirror finish on my Becker BK2 and my Gransfor Bruks Axe
Great video learned a more efficient way to buff old tools. I bolted my bench grinder to a scrap piece of MDF and keep it in place with a pair of C-clamps, no chasing.
Merci! I now see where I went wrong I needed to sand more with higher grit paper before going to the buffing wheel. Guess another trip to Princess Auto
Nice, I have some golf clubs that I found stored in the shed and they are still oiled and shiny. Then I remembered 4 yrs ago I had cleaned the rust off, polished then oiled them.
At 5:00 you are definitely correct as that happened to me this week! I thought I went over it good enough through 240 grit so when I hit it with 400 grit I found out that nope, all the lines were left and I had to go back down to 120 then 240 to correct it.
Beautiful. Like a piece of jewelry. I imagine it would glide through wood with that smooth mirror polish. The only down side is one would be apprehensive to use their axe when it is so pretty & especially after all the time invested getting it to this point.
Thanks for the video great information :) .... I found a old rusty axe head in a field where I walk my dog I did some research and it's a minors deputy axe which makes sense as I live in a mining town in North East England (Northumberland) although the mine closed in the early 70s. I intend to restore it and donate to the local mining museum (woodhorn ashington) .. I have resorted a few rusty knifes but never a axe can't wait to get started. Picked up a few tips from this video thanks :)
Great job, best I have seen. Please anchor down your equipment I know you want to make a good safety impression to the younger folks. Safety is the best policies when working with any tools and always with power tools. I hope you will make more videos. Thanks again.
I just watched a video where a guy was polishing ports in a motor head. His point was "you'll polish all kinds of stupid stuff, just because you can". This bears that out a little, although it does have some benefits to cutting, and if you wax it when you put it away, will have anti rust storage benefits, as well, if non-conditioned space, as it will shed water if you have a "rain out" in your garage (reached dew point fast temp drop), which has happened to me a couple of times...then you get to sandpaper EVERY ground metal surface in the shop if you happen to miss the event by a couple of days. MUCH easier to wax the surfaces every once in a while, and for jobs where a little wax transfer on them doesn't matter (non gluing, say), the tables, especially sliding like on a table saw, work MUCH better.
Really good video I like your method I think your results are fantastic. One thing you can do to tell if you've completely removed the previous grit is always sand perpendicular to the previous grit. Then you can clearly see which scratches are 40 and which 120 ect....
I f you hadn't shown this, I would never have believed that it was possible to obtain such a good finish, by using only simple tools and a lot of patience. Better than new! Thank-you. *But for safety's sake, please bolt that wheel down before you injure yourself or a bystander!*
Nice work. I just did my first shine-up of an axe head for my latest axe restoration vids. Lots of work and I didn't get it anywhere near the same finish as you got.
I would love to have the time to make a show axe. However, axes for me are for using, not for just admiring and looking at. But thanks much for the great video!
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Thanks for the helpful video. What does "dressing" the buffing wheel mean? Just knocking off the old polish compound with a screwdriver? I've seen other videos where they have a separate buffing pad for each compound, but the dressing method seems cheaper.
