Making of an axe handle

[DanG]

Woodbowl, you're lucky to have kids that will even use one of those tools.  Them being left out like that is just a part of Daddyhood.  When they are grown and gone, you'll probably still find tools out at the garden...where YOU left them. :D :D  It happens to me all the time.  I have so many things going on that I flit from one to the other, and forget about that hoe or rake leaning on the garden fence.  That's why I've gone to fiberglass handles on most of them.

Great job on the handle, Marcel!  I'll have to try that someday.

[Dan_Shade]

I left a shovel once at my fishing worm "bed".  while I was away at school, my dad hit it with the bush hog.  I'm glad I wasn't there for that one  :D

[BBTom]

I nominate this thread to reside in the Tool Box. 

Thanks for the time and effort Marcel.

[Tom]

someone has already put it in the knowledge base.  See if you can find it.

[SwampDonkey]

I see it Tom, but ya gotta use html hyperlink code to jump to it.

<p>Marcel's thread on how to make an Axe handle.</p>

[Tom]

Why don't you submit one that will work, Swampdonkey?

That'd be cool. 

[SwampDonkey]

Well, I'll give it a go. I thought maybe you could edit it.  :D :D

[SwampDonkey]

Well I sent it aloft in HTML land, so we'll see if it takes. :D :D

[SwampDonkey]

Looks like she took Tom. Does it need to be more descriptive? I guess not, eh? How else would ya word it? :D ;D

[Tom]

Very good, SwampDonkey.  That's one way to get something on the knowledge base.  Good Job!

[SwampDonkey]

Yeah I tested it out in Dreamweaver before submitting it. If you want to do any formating (hypertext, bulleting, bolding etc) and such I guess you have to use html lingo. But, if it's just unformatted text I guess you can just type it in an editor with spell checker, then copy and paste into the Knowledge Base.

[Tom]

Another easy way is to go to the post, right click and go to source.  Paste the post you want into the update window.  That way you can transfer the type and images both.

[shinnlinger]

Marcel,

Thanks, that is a great thread.  I have been know to soak the wood in water and then heat the metal tool with my torch and then shove the wood in.  It is wet so it wont burn, but it steams and conforms to the steel and then the steel cools and contracts around it.  My handles have not been as nice as yours, but maybe the next one will be thanks to your input.  I agree that it is insane what stores want for replacment handles so I milled up some ash last summer which should be about right when the time comes (told the wife it was for kitchen cabintets)

For a loose head, you can put "CHair Lock" on it.  It is designed to tighten up wooden furniture joints and supposedly doesn't crush the wood fibers the way dropping the tool in a bucket of water at night does.  You should be able to find it at your local hardware store

[jtmccallum]

Thanks, Marcel   I have a sledge hammer with an oddball type of eye that needs a new handle.  I also have an ash log to mill up.

[SwampDonkey]

Was cleaning the shop today and discovered another axe handle I had made back a few years ago. Well this one I have on the axe has been threre about 20 years, so I suppose I have enough handles to do me out. :D

[fitzhugh]

Thanks for posting this!

I know this is an old topic, but you asked for feedback on spelling since you are learning English. Here are a few notes on issues I noticed in your writing... seems only fair to give the requested feedback after I learned from your post. This will be of little-to-no interest to anyone other than the original poster.

Oh, and I'm no expert. I taught English for a few years, but that says more about the low quality of the school I taught at than my capabilities!

how too should be "how-to". That is the noun that refers to a guide on doing something. Otherwise, you would write it without the hyphen: "I will teach you how to make an axe handle in this short how-to I wrote up." This is a tiny point, but what is worth noting is the difference between "to" and "too:"

I'm going to the store. You can come too. You'd better drive, though, as I drank too much!

From some grammar website: "To is a versatile preposition. A few of its many definitions are toward, reaching as far as, and until.1 Too is an adverb meaning additionally, excessively, very, or extremely."

http://grammarist.com/usage/to-too/ says it better than I can. This is a common issue, even for some native English speakers.
"too" means "also" or "as well", or

The other mistakes I noticed occur in the same phrase:
"...these axe's where made in Hull Québec."
should be "these axes were made in Hull Québec."
The apostrophe in "axe's" implies ownership: "This axe's handle needs replaceing." Leave off the apostrophe when it is the plural form, not ownership. You can use an apostrophe for showing plural when it is an acronym or number: "I went to school in the 1970's and learned my ABC's." According to above linked grammar site, that usage is less common now, so you can also just write "1970s" and "ABCs"

"where" should be "were"
"were" is past tense of "to be"
"where" refers to location etc.
"we're" is a contraction of "we are"
Where were the axes' handles made?" (that uses apostrophe after "s" because it is possessive and plural.) "Where was the axe's handle made?" would be possessive and singular.
To make it unnecessarily ugly: "We're going to where those axes' handles were made!"

Hope this helps a bit.

  (  I would appreciate any spelling corrections to be brought to my attention in my learning English thread, Merçi.
    I will make a point to come and edit all corrections here as they are brought up    :P )

[Tree Feller]

Yep, an old thread but what the hey...

I made a hickory handle for my little 2 1/4 pounder last winter.



 

[beenthere]

Fitzhugh
Welcome to the forum.

Good explanation and examples you posted. Thanks for taking the time.

Now, are you going to venture to make an axe handle?

[Shotgun]

Welcome, fitzhugh, and good job.  However, are you sure about the [[axes']] in your quote below?


>>To make it unnecessarily ugly: "We're going to where those[[axes']] handles were made!"<<


Just wondering.

Norm

[Magicman]

Welcome to the Forestry Forum,    fitzhugh.   

[SwampDonkey]

>>To make it unnecessarily ugly: "We're going to where those[[axes']] handles were made!"<<
Norm

I'd have to agree with Norm. Inanimate objects have no ' or 's for possession. Rather it's "axe handles".  ;)

Now since your new, "Welcome Aboard", and we'll over look your first mistake. :D

[beenthere]

SD

and we'll over look your first mistake

I don't see it as a mistake. Although I'd use your choice, and won't point out all your 'mistakes'.   ;D

Maybe it is "overlook" or "look over", but not "over look"..... : :

[Mooseherder]

So a guy walks into a restaurant and axes.
"does anyone here know how to cook"? 
Or,
Duz y'all hear no how cook too?  :D

[SwampDonkey]

Hmm English. Overlook is also a noun.

Listening to the radio one morning this week. And according to a language expert, English grammar-wise is the odd man out. What is proper in a good many languages is not so in English. Then there is Americanized English and Brit English. And Brit English has a lot of words spelled the same as the French word. :D


favour
colour
centre
metre (the measure) meter (the device)

[sandhills]

My mom was an english teacher, therefore (or is it there for?) I'm sure she'd be totally disowning me if she read my posts, but after reading this thread I'm beginning to think we all have entirely too much time on our hands  ;D.  Welcome aboard fitzhugh, it always amazes me what I learn around here  :D