Lath Hammer Tool Restoration 

I actually really liked this video bc you showed how you messed up, when most other channels would just edit it out. Good Job 👍

Great ending. Trial and error thanks for showing the road is not always paved smooth but has some bumps and potholes.

“I put on 2 coats of linseed oil but only recorded one. If you’d like to see me put on the second coat, watch this part again.” Just found your videos and am enjoying very much, especially this one and the potbelly stove restoration. Thanks for sharing.

I'm glad you kept going with the project after encountering those setbacks. Your perseverance paid off, and we got a video out of it! Everybody wins 😁

Reminds me of my grandpa's tools. He was a house painter, and all of his tools were covered in paint. I miss him. He was a good man.

The fact that you were willing to show your mistakes and admit them is great. At that point, I'm pretty sure most of us would also have got store bought stuff if we're honest with ourselves. Lol.

Great job in not quitting…we all have to live and learn…

Thank you for being honest, you did a great job.

The like is for doing the saw, not the mess you made of this ;-)

FINALLY someone who uses a sand/bead blaster to remove rust instead of playing with chemical cocktails for *days*...

`Finally! A RU-vid DYI I can do easy! Had my roof replaced and Next time I cut the grass low, I found one of these exactly Like this on. Better yet, I have that same Keg I need to restore to a 6 Pack ! Thanks for posting them!

I haven’t seen many restoration channels that work with wood, tbh I would watch this guy make a chair, or something else made out of wood, cause the most I’ve ever done with wood is sand down a piece of a maybe 1 inch thick piece of wood from a tree branch, wax it and polish it and that was during a summer camp. Like this is really good wood work.

A really good video, it’s good to see someone admit it wasn’t all plain sailing. You also got some fantastic camera angles and the rest of the production was very impressive. Very well done indeed!

I also like this restoration very much too. At least you are not afraid to show us that mistakes are made. A great job

Nice job. Kudos for your honesty by showing the failed attempts..

I like the video. I'm happy you think of your grandfather's tools. I have a shed full of my grandfather's tools and it has been weighing on my mind how they are rusting away. He was a great man. Your grandfather would be proud of you. I don't know if he's still living. Kudos to you my friend!

Great restore another tool back to life brillant work.

Nice job. I like the bluing on the head.

good work

Wolker ...excelent 😊👍👏👏

I started this comment wanting to ask how you ever imagined that holding the axe head in a vise and driving the wedge into the shaft would from above would be more advisable than supporting the shaft then driving in the wedge. It was one of those excruciating shout at your mobile phone moments. :) On sober reflection it was brilliant stuff, refreshingly brave and honest not to edit out the silly mistakes that in truth everybody makes first time we attempt something. Third time it worked perfectly. Top content well done. :)

You have to remove the shoulder of the handle on which the bottom of axe head rests. There should be a smooth transition where axe head does not rest on a shoulder.

I agree, I do like that you showed us the mistakes. Also I'd like to see the saw restore, you said a like would get the restore how about a like/sub/bell? Cause you got that from me 😊😊😊 Keep up the good work.

Very nice. My favorite part is when you sandblast. There is something so satisfying about it.

Uugghh! Gut-wrenching heart-ache!! After all that work! Still, it turned out nice. Well done.

Great job! Glad to see some perseverance in the face of failure! Came out beautiful by the end!

Beautiful! Really appreciated the honesty of the problems. Was thinking about it while watching and glad you got the store bought metal shim. Haha..Keep up the great work and videos! Thank you!

Great video, gun bluing was great idea. Making mistakes and correcting it like you did- makes it real. Great restoration, thanks !

Well done.

Great video!! Loved your honesty and your willingness to share your mistakes and how you went about correcting them. As humans, we all make mistakes, but it’s how we handle them that sets us about from others. Correcting our mistakes is how we learn and get better. WELL DONE!!!!

I appreciate that you used gun bluing instead of giving it a high polish chrome-like finish. :)

If at first you don't succeed. Try,try again. You did a nice job saving that old hammer/hatchet. Oh and that sand blaster/bead blaster is the bomb!!👍👍😃

Beautiful restoration of a great old tool!

What's with the Debbie downers hitting the dislike button.. Apparently they have no idea how hard some of this is.

Well done Mate! I like the honesty of the restore vid.

Nice recovery after the mess up. Good learning experience! Well done.

Nicely done. I would have sanded flat that waffle head, though... They tend to leave stronger marks on wood, also that one is in bad shape.

I normally prefer the absolutely, over the top, chromed out look of a highly polished axe head, but I think the bluing works on this one. Bully for not throwing the whole thing on a pile for 6-months to get over the first two failed attempts. I would have had to walk away for a while. Fine job, my friend.

Belíssimo trabalho feito com muita dedicação e paciência! O mais importante é ter mostrado o momento que errou e depois corrigiu o problema de maneira mais eficiente. Parabéns!

😁AWESOME WORK😁

The before and after is a nice.

Great job nice to see you hung in there, keep up the great work!

Really dig the sand blaster cam. you should try the potato puller in the basement some time!

Very nice restoration, but I've noticed that a large crack appeared on the new handle, after you had installed the metal wedge. Wouldn't the crack pose a threat / problem when working with this Hammer / Axe tool?

I've always had success with handles by soaking the end in water for 30 minutes, then glueing it in with a polyurethane glue. Wedge as well. You have to let it cure overnight, but the moisture and glue combination makes the end swell up and it cures that way.

Beautiful

I still have 2 of this lath hammers with me.

You’ve got one of the best cameras for your videos!

Brilliant and genuine craftsmanship! Great job!👍🏻❤️😊

Good restoration, the reason you failed on the first handle wasn't the wedges fault but you softened the first with the oil, that's what caused it to break.

У большинства рестовраторов проблема по работе с металлом. Они либо красят его глянцевой краской либо полируют до состояния "зеркала". И то и другое выглядит максимально вульгарно. Вот как должен выглядеть отреставрированный предмет. Покажите это остальным рестовраторам. Лайк

6:15 h yeahh would ne Nice. Already waiting the notification of that video. Good job man 👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻

Beautiful

Definitely make the saw restoration video number 13! 🙂

Nice job... Ready for another 20 yrs of service...

Nice work! What kind of grinding pad were you using two minutes in at the beginning of the video?

Be sure to remove the rust were the handle connects to the hammer. As it will continue to rust after the handle is installed.

that scrap steel looks like a section from a pair of pole climbers

Restore the saw!

Very good restoration bro 👍👍👍👍👍

This is actually a lathe hatchet for doing lathe and plaster walls ( long gone ). A shingle hatchet has holes used as a guide.

Super jest ta siekiero młotko do bicia kotletów schabowych pozdrawiam odrestaurowane pozdrawiam serdecznie 👍👍👍👍

I’m glad you showed the “hick-ups’! A perfect restoration yet again. Brilliant!

Не ошибается только тот , кто не чего не делает. Хороший топорик получился👏🏻

Love the choice to blue instead of chrome it's way cooler and a better design choice, the final handle was also nice. I think you need to do a better job of getting a straight blade edge though, if you're going to put it on RU-vid don't be lazy and half ass it, finish the job and do it right, you did great everywhere else except there, and also with the wedging at the top, on this and the other axe you did you didn't measure the width you needed so the wedge is smaller than the handle and it doesn't look nice, I'd just recommend you pay more attention to details like that because it's those things that really make a project like this, it's those things that are the difference between an average and a beautiful piece. Other than that well done you've got good taste and skills ☺️

I think the axe blade should have a bit of a curve and not be completely flat. Good restoration though.

OOOPS! Beautiful restoration! I have one lost this on a wall in my man cave, but has a notch on the side for pulling nails I think.

#stunning before and after shots at the end. excellent use of subtitles. one improvement could be to add a joke here or there. Best part of the video was for sure 14:25-14:37. Will #def be on the lookout for more vidz.

Nice 😊

The metal wedge was over kill and redundant, but otherwise a terrific restoration.

You might consider doing a restoration on that dull rusty hand saw you were using to make the handle.

Great work man!

yeah I agree, good to know others mess up too. I do quite often, usually 'cause I take it just a bit too far. On this one, it is clear to me that you understand metal, but not wood. First off, if you get a nice fit on the handle to begin with, you don't need but a thin wedge to keep the handle on. Apply your linseed oil after you've driven in the wedge and have the head on tight. If you do it before, the wood swells, but also softens so when you drive the wedge in, you can just bust things up. I don't think you have to ask how I know this. let's just say experience is a good teacher if not the nicest one. I actually don't care for the metal wedges all that much, and certainly not those thick ones. A good fit to begin with, then a thin wood or metal wedge is all that's needed, everybody tries to overdo it, yes me too until I learned better the hard way. Also I would have liked a beefier handle with more flare at the end, with a lanyard hole. If you're up on a roof putting on shakes, you don't want to drop it and have it fall, even if there's no damage it's a pain to go back down the ladder to retrieve it. Of course, I imagine this tool doesn't actually get used for that these days Nobody uses cedar shakes anymore.

I use large horseshoe nails for metal wedges. Never had a problem with them.

This metal wedge thing always ends up weakening the joint. The wooden wedge is enough! Turned out beautiful.

I haven't seen one of these for a really long time. We used to use them on cedar shake roofs and siding, but due to fire danger nobody uses them now. I think they're illegal to use in most places now. Cedar shakes that is, not the hatchet/hammer

Love the video, but I do have a question....how come you didn't restore the ridges on the hammer side?

This channel makes no sense because it don’t have more subs than 10k it deserves 70000000000B

Really nice work.

You did really well bud you just earned my subscription. Just one thing you make me very nervous when you use that band saw. Please be careful

Косяка есть у всех! Но! Молодец то, кто в этом может признаться!

Not a shingle hatchet, no screw depth stop, and they arnt sharpened to a knife edge, only used to split the shingle, its a lathe hatchet as a previous commenter noted.

the top was too short thats why it broke down

Awesome job. Thanks for sharing. GF1

Yes, restore you own tools too.

You polished the emblem

What was the first grinding disk that you used on the hammer?

Shouldn't the handle be shorter? More like a hammer than a tomahawk? Otherwise a great job and a fun video.

It's a lath hammer, not a shingle hammer, (they usually have a cleft or slot to pull nails when repairing cedar shake roofs). Lath hammers are traditionally single side bevel sharpened, so you get a flat cut on the end of the lath. Also the handle should be a certain length (on shingle hammers/some also have holes) to make measurements while laying shingles.....Really like that you made it BETTER than new. Some would argue you have lost old patina, but I believe this was a cast head, not forged, maybe why gun blue went on unevenly, and were originally rough textured. Any idea why handle failures?

Yes, your saw is blunt and not set properly, you can tell by the note, but nice job on the hatchet. You could use a push stick with your band saw.....you made me cringe a little putting all that pressure on with your thumb and fingers. Good video, very interesting.

Wow super👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

In my opinion instead of restoring it you completely ground out the functionality. The angles were there for a reason and the curve on the blade had a reason also. I used one for roofing for about 8 years before deciding it was a young man's sport.

Liam Hoffman will soak his handles over night in finishing oil. It will stop splitting. Just a suggestion.

Good Job!

Fuck up thoo times. Que pasa? But l like it anyways. Thank you for the video.

sharpen dat bad boy

This axe is just like me! Shingle 😔

why didnt you clean up the teeth on the hammer end? seems a shame to go full tilt then leave that out

The handle came off easily!

Steve win 😎😎