Making a Mini Axe (free plans)

While I was cleaning up my workshop I found this worn out disc. So I thought about making an axe out of it.
More info on my website: bit.ly/36csjEM
Free plans for this project: bit.ly/2Jgm3Ty
Where to get some materials and tools used in this project:
Modular Workbech Plans: bit.ly/2V1VzaS
X-Motion DIY Portable Mortiser Plans: bit.ly/3fT7lQE
Band Saw Plans: bit.ly/2JisRjf
Multi-Function Workbench Plans: bit.ly/39eKtrr
Saw Blade & Router Bits Sharpener Plans: bit.ly/2V4YSy7
Edge Belt Sander Table Plans: bit.ly/3lgnNJS
Lathe & Disc Sander Plans: bit.ly/3fFh1fa
3D Router Plans: bit.ly/37f6HH0
Portable Workshop Plans: bit.ly/36iYmTp
Router and Saw Table Plans: bit.ly/33q7xj1
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[@pacowang283]

I really enjoy your craftsmanship and ingenuity. Thank you for making these videos

[@ilyaivanov1745]

Perfect transformation of the disk into an ax!

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thank you!

[@stefanbinder7591]

Paoson WoodWorking Realy Great!!!!

[@martinbrace7195]

I do like to see a craftsman at work. Brilliant video thank you.

[@darrenbradshaw590]

I love all of your videos and always look forward to whatever project you are making. Respect.

[@Whogaveyouaduck]

when you are softening the disk to drill it you will most likely want to bring it to a red glow just like you do to harden it but instead of quenching it in oil or water you let it cool in air or in a bucket of sand

[@haydenfox3116]

Love the olivewood handle! I also love your great attention to detail when finishing your projects! Really nice work

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks!

[@superloyaljane4255]

What an awesome little axe I'm going to make one of these thankyou 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@bumstudios8817]

Just a tip... Get some carbide tip drills used in masonry and sharpen the tip slightly with your sander and it will go through the hard steel. Its not precise but it works great for something like that

[@believeit3203]

You have the right idea, you just need to get the steel quite a bit hotter to normalize it to "remove" the temper. Bring it up to red hot and simply let it air cool. It will be soooo much softer. BTW, I love your lathe set-up. It's a work of art in itself.

[@Legal-gv4gg]

...depending on the alloy ! Air hardening steel will cool back to the same hardness!

[@kemza310]

So beautiful and so esthetic. Wood is also very beautiful 🔝💕

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks!

[@leksey7870]

Great job! Cool hatchet!

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks as always!

[@haenselundgretel654]

I made one axe as well and can recommend some techniques: 1. Use an old wall drill with a hard metal tip. Sand it to a lower angle tip and give it drill edges. With this you can drill through hardened metal. There are videos for this on YT. 2. For cutting the metal part I really recommend a stand for the angle grinder. With this you've got one hand for the grinder and the other for your part. As well you're able to work from above. It's much much easier and way more precise. Should cost about 20 bucks. Beside this I really love my new outdoor lightweight crafting axe! Cheers mate and have a good one!

[@johnwurst6691]

By heating it to a red heat and slowly cooling it. It's called annealing = making it softer. You then heat it again to a red heat and quickly cool it (quench) = hardening. Now you need to bring back other mechanical properties like ductility or you will break the blade like glass = tempering at around 200degC for an hour or so. Cool slowly!

[@anthonywalker8683]

John WURST he did do it backward didn't he lol. He annealed it to try to drill it , then turned right back around ad hardend the edge.. now he needs to heat it back up to around 550f or so for awhile and let it cool SLOWLY as you said

[@matthewbraun6517]

Looks way better than expected :) Good job

[@quinnherb8224]

Great job. I’m jusT pointing out that it’s called a hatchet

[@classygameing1637]

The Odd Doge Is Out it’s not that’s to small for a hatchet so it would ether be a hand axe or a hand hatchet

[@untamed4skn883]

Classy Gameing hand hatchet? The fuck u mean?

[@rhinoprime9395]

@@untamed4skn883 I guess it is like a hand axe but smaller maybe

[@centimeterworkshop3522]

OMG very beautiful axe!!

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks

[@sbuelna]

ohhh. master of masters.... you are the best....

[@MRNVCDIY]

Great channel

[@Sludgepump]

Beautiful little axe! That's going to be really useful.

[@dessertman1181]

Very nice very professional and well done

[@tykellerman6384]

Nice job

[@stasio1965]

Next time try something I was taught when i was young.Use a masonry drill bit with some turpentine as a lubricant to drill the holes in the handle

[@a.o.647]

This is awseome! Amazing build.

[@zxcv7720]

Beautiful .❤ 👌👍

[@youtumalaga58]

Hola Suso, es muy bonito ese hacha ! Yo tengo algunos discos gastados tambien, como para armar un batallón . Muy buena tambien fué la realisación precedente : el Sharpening Jig . Y el afilado con papel . Grande Maestro. Gracias !

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

gracias compañero, deberías reciclar esos discos haciendo algo parecido!

[@bobdollar8746]

outstanding. I liked everything about the build. thanks for sharing.

[@josemanuelaguilarviveros4124]

Bob Dollar i

[@ronaldbrown9638]

Wonderful project! Give all you home blade makers some advise, to tell if a saw blade is a good steel for this if the saw blade has carbide teeth that are inlaid into the teeth the blade will most likely not be very good at holding an edge but if the saw blade is just steel with no carbide teeth and no different color rings at the teeth it's normally good metal for blade projects. 😁👍 also bring the whole blade to bright red hot allow to cool slowly. This will make drilling very easy. It will be VERY soft do most of your shaping at this stage. Then bring to bright red and dip in oil or water oil is better for this steel typically. It is now VERY brittle be careful not to drop lol do final polish here . Then put in oven on 460 to 475 for 1 hour allow to cool slowly just turn off oven. Blade should have a light to dark brown color. Light polish final sharpening go kill zombies !

[@opasworkshop8373]

great job my friend I turned out really nice.

[@clyde8759]

the steel you used wasn't the best and as far as the quench,it was near hot enough.its still a cool idea and I did enjoy the vid

[@BDM_PT]

Hi there from Portugal, As always great idea :D Obrigado(thanks)

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks as always!

[@anthonyfeatherstone7696]

Great project

[@gregoryhalye8907]

For drilling tough steel like that, I highly recommend picking up a set of cheap carbide glass and tile drilling bits. Cheap, because the carbide will chip and break away if mistreated in this manner, so they should be considered "disposable" ... a set from Harbor Freight costs around 9 dollars. Start with the smallest bit, to give yourself a pilot hole, and work up to the final bit size. Finish with a high quality cobalt steel bit, like the ones available from Norseman. A single size bit can be obtained for between 4 and 10 dollars, depending on the size. Even if you make the Norseman bit dull, never get rid of it .... invest in a Drill Doctor someday (or borrow a friend's) and re-sharpen it. It's a lifetime investment in a great quality drill bit. Over time, collect the sizes you want and need, and you can eventually do away with the need to drill a pilot hole with a carbide glass drilling bit. While working at McDonald's, I came across the need to install some rivets in a piece of stainless steel hardware in the restaurant as a favor for the manager. I found that when the manager tells you that such and such piece of steel (looks like a 5 - 10 dollar part you can easily make out of junk steel) is actually worth 70 - 150 dollars, I believe every single word of it now. They use a high cobalt content stainless steel that is as tough as the steel used in heavy duty earth moving machinery or pile driver bits. I destroyed 15 drill bits, including 5 carbide tipped bits, just making TWO 1/8" HOLES. It was unbelievably tough! After all was finished, the much cheaper stainless steel bracket and pair of aluminum rivets did the job holding the part together again where the weld seam had failed, till we managed to get the replacement part in that was on back order. The part in question? The bracket that hangs off the front of the grill, holding the plastic meat trays in position on the front of the grill. One side had a weld fail and it was hanging loose. Cost for replacement? $85. Cost to repair? $35 in lost drill bits, 2 dollars for piece of stainless steel (bent into an elbow) and perhaps 15 cents worth of rivets ... plus 5 hours of my time. It held together for the 3 weeks we needed, waiting on the replacement, without rusting. Afterwards, she let me take the broken part home. I still have pieces of it laying around, but it made for one hell of a very nice knife blade. It was only a few months ago that I picked up my first Norseman drill bit and tried drilling this steel for making my knife ... it got dull, but it made the hole. I also got my drill doctor ... haven't looked back since, and now collecting the Norseman bits in every size I can get my hands on.

[@wolfieandweasel7129]

Really nice build. That olive wood looks great!

[@raedahmadanabtawy6225]

keep up the good work

[@ricardomatta4936]

Excelente trabajo, mi amigo. Como siempre...Felicitaciones!!

[@mohammedghouse6814]

Great job bro i like it very very nice

[@isabellathecutekitty4340]

I make my own weapons and armor and toys from old scrap metal and plastic

[@elcorogojicoronel3707]

Very good video, thanks for the spanish translation, greetings

[@sohear444401]

Wooow eres el mejor¡¡¡ una consulta, podrás hacer alguna herramienta, la que sea, hacha; cuchillo o la que sea, pero usando materiales y herramientas que cualquiera tiene en casa? yo por ejemplo solo tengo roto martillo, ceguetas, serrucho, limas; un hacha pequeña y algunas otras herramientas pequeñas, y siempre me eh preguntado si es posible hacer trabajos tan detallados como los que tu haces o por lo menos parecidos a los que usted logra hacer. Si pudiera hacer algo así solo con esa clase de herramientas sencillas yo seria la persona mas feliz de imitarlo, se que es mucho pedir y se que es poco probable que lea ud mi comentario, pero la esperanza nunca se pierde.

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

gracias por tus amables palabras! intentaré realizar un proyecto de esa forma que me indicas.

[@sohear444401]

@@Paoson_Woodworking Señor esucristo, me respondio!!!!!! wow, es usted increible. Gracias.

[@aleksey1962]

Thank you, looked with pleasure!!

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks

[@krechxd8238]

fresh video, it really helped me

[@ashlowe1691]

there's a lot of comments pointing out things you did wrong and GREAT job on recycling old stuff to new but... it looks like you hardened the blade in water witch is called quenching and you shouldn't quench in water it causes the metal to cool to fast and causes micro fractures making it dangerous to use

[@rhodesianpatriot]

Wow great project and skill. Thanks for sharing

[@kinhdoanhonline3998]

こんなにも素晴らしい 製品が どうして ☺☺👍👍

[@robertshepherd8354]

When drilling holes through tough steel try sharpening a masonary drill

[@anderwcoll]

you have just earned a subsriber

[@FernandoJuarez069]

buen trabajo ,muy bonita sobretodo el color y veteado de la madera , gracias por el video .

[@djamellouhibi3039]

very nice قمة الابداع. واصل

[@lemonnboi]

Hey when u hear treat it u should put it in oil it's better for the metal

[@96tp]

The steel you used isn't high carbon steel, only the cutters on those modern saw blades are the high carbon part. The rest is low carbon for flexibility. You can see where the 2 steels meet when your cutting the profile of the axe so sorry to say it wont hold an edge on it

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

It is difficult to make your own tools with recycled materials and get optimal results like those of expensive and highly developed tools, but they can serve for a small projects, I have always worked this way!

[@sublime392]

Paoson WoodWorking , Tom Pallot hey I'm a knife maker and that steel was high carbon. not to shoot you down. some sawblades aren't high carbon. but this one is. you can tell because the sparks that came off the steel flailed out at the end of them. and there was alto of sparks. its called spark testing. but hey. the more you know :)

[@caesar2164]

It could be High Speed Steel. High Carbon Tool steel tends to have more branches on the sparks I think...

[@a.o.647]

He tempered it with a blow torch at 3:07 though so at least it has some tempering even though it isn't high carbon steel, it should hold a decent edge for small work. Its not like he's going to chop down a giant tree with it. :)

[@sauronthelordofdarkness2269]

i think Tom was only imparting some knowledge, not critiquing the project. I liked the way you cut to the mark so you could get it to drill, i'm going to use that next time i get a stubborn spot. Nice vid.

[@ozmobozo]

cutest axe ever

[@TuTallerDeBricolaje]

Espectacular, como siempre, Suso. Un fuerte abrazo.

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

gracias como siempre!

[@ernestzavier2377]

Pro trick: you can watch movies on flixzone. Been using it for watching loads of movies recently.

[@judahalberto7797]

@Ernest Zavier Yup, I have been using flixzone} for months myself =)

[@mihumus]

Excellent work friend, love it!

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks!

[@YuraKvadrat132]

As always, it's great.

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks!

[@Дмитрий-ж1ц2ч]

Thx for your video! I have some request. Can you give link to the drawing of yor axe. Or just photo in 1:1 size on the paper. If it all be ok with me - i'll make the sameone and send u a photo of my result. Thx a lot. P.s. Privet from Mother Russia )

[@shaysunderland1494]

Paoson WoodWorking hey could you try to make a ..... wait you quenched your axe in water that creates stress it won't hold a edge and may crack Easley

[@cristianmolinas3290]

can you make a spokeshave with recycled materials to show us, your work is really cool and usefull!!!!!

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

It is a good idea, thanks!

[@anders6927]

nice man

[@awesomepossum541]

Butt I love it you did a good job

[@fyodordostoyevsky6680]

Extremely nice mini axe! Thank you for sharing. One question: why you don't try to drill with the drill bit for glass? It could realy helpfull approach for the tempered steel.

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

I've never tried those bits, I have to buy them...thanks!

[@jheisontc6654]

Fantastico!!

[@PietroMaker]

jheison tc davvero fantastico

[@hudaalbasha9245]

Very Nice

[@francogutierrez5024]

un gran trabajo se agradecen los subtítulos saludos

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

gracias

[@pauledmonds7316]

Nice axe ... but what was the point of cutting the slots to the pin holes in the handle?and yes, the quench heat was not anywhere near high enough!

[@PPD1911]

That epoxy will pop from its bond with the steel the first time you give it a hard thump. Been doing this for years have yet to find an epoxy that dont fail.

[@lamaneta]

Nice... !!!

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks!

[@armandocasasconcosas9651]

Exelente trabajo 👍✔👍✔👍🎖🎖🎖

[@frankingram3382]

Nice video but why did you cut that slice from the edge to the place where you were drilling the hole? God Bless my friend.

[@UnsterblicheKonig]

Frank Ingram the hole wouldn't drill all the way through, without that slice.

[@bleivaxd]

gracias por los subtítulos en español me encantan tus vídeos

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

muchas gracias!

[@syoukhan]

nice, like always

[@ferencgobor749]

Why did not the handle cut in the direction of the longitudinal axis? It would not weaken the handle.

[@na57y]

I dont know why you cut handle to hole for better drilling. Every circular saw blade which I worked with I was able to drill through without annealing or cutting some groove. Sharp drill bit is essential.

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

My drills are always sharp! some discs are only hardened just by the edge close to the teeth, and others are hardened throughout the body, as in this case. So the drill and the disc have the same hardness and it is impossible to drill it with a hand drill.

[@tsewankwong]

thx

[@blueskosmic2219]

Try 3 of cobblestone and 2 sticks

[@blonk182]

I started this using my own hand drawn template yesterday and it's taking forever because I only have a dremel (can't find my angle grinder)

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

you will need an angle grinder! send me pics when you finish

[@blonk182]

Paoson WoodWorking I finished the handle but my dremel overheated and stopped working so unfortunately I won't be finished for a while

[@cadywelp235]

That ain’t good

[@eliosaile1689]

3:05 That process is called quenching not tempering.

[@troppysholzhuette]

very nice Project

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks as always!

[@dejanira2]

Very cool build, could it be a throwing axe?

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

maybe... I have to try! thanks

[@theman5298]

very cool :) luv it!!!!

[@youre993]

gran video sin duda alguna eres el mejor en esto, te quería hacer una petición ¿pofrias hacer una sierra plegable?

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

gracias amigo, más adelante intentaré hacerlo!

[@MaximKozlovBlog]

Cool

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks Maxim!

[@dorshem-tov2470]

very cool

[@iamepimethus]

Are those plain ol drill bits you used or were they geared more for metal. They make quite a difference

[@joshjenkins3620]

like your video keep it up

[@qwaccc]

Isnt it called a hatchet?

[@lazarovoorheeshernandez8674]

Wow that was nice 👍🏼 I just subbed to ur channel🤘🏼✌🏼from Denver Colorado

[@negulin007]

Fascinante...!!!

[@jordijgenofil7272]

Gracias por la traducción en españl

[@Mo_G]

nice mini axe , me i ask u sir what type of oil u put in handle knife for protection and i hear that the engine car oil is good for wood handle is that right ? and how much time we should let the handle in oil ? and thx for the video

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

hi! here you can find information about it: www.paoson.com/blog/diy-oil-based-varnish-n55 www.paoson.com/blog/how-to-apply-oil-based-varnish-n56

[@Mo_G]

ok thak u for help , good luck in new projects

[@luissaya3882]

BRAVO!!!!

[@PPD1911]

That edge didn’t get no where near hot enough the harden, then what about oven tempering it?

[@user-kl8tl3fl8s]

That was WOOD+Metal+Steel Working

[@davethurston753]

Can you provide information on the "spray glue" you use? Thanks

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

www.paoson.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=145

[@jackphoenix5253]

you should do a give away of one of those

[@basenka54]

зачем вы разрезали рукоять около отверстий и зачем вставлять в отверстие металл и одновременно клеить? поясните пожалуйста. работа мне понравилась.

[@WoodworkingBarcelona]

Very well done Suso upcycling that saw blade. I love that olive handle. One question, it was really necessary to harden it?

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

thanks Lluis! well...I've been using this method to make several tools over the years, this is the first time I've tried to harden the steel and I have not felt much difference, but I'm not an expert in metalworking!

[@WoodworkingBarcelona]

Thanks for your reply Suso. I'm not expert on metalworking to but as far as I knwo I think that if steel was already hardened and tempered I think you don't need to treat it. Just guessing.

[@sirlycheee]

being at the dentist be like: 3:43

[@NiceTubeAccount]

The final result is great as usual but I am not sure why you heated up the axe? The HSS-Co drills for hard metal didn't work?

[@Paoson_Woodworking]

I think with this hand drill even the HSS-Co drills would not work, but maybe with a sturdy column drill and lower rpm...

[@NiceTubeAccount]

I am not a big fan of metal but the HSS-Co (cobalt) drills are the hardest ones as I know and unharden axe is not good idea, I guess. Of course the low rpm are important even if you have normal HSS or HSS-TiN, unless you want to burn out the drill. I don't have standing driller. I really want to have one, maybe someday I will buy one.

[@Sharkk-Bite]

Does your vernier scale has zero error?

[@Andreevev]

thanks... nice axe.... fiskers))))

[@PunkR0ckz09]

Hi Paoson; I believe Herman Jackson1987 on here (KZbin) is stealing your videos. Nice mini axe, like the handle a lot :)

[@kalhia1000]

Wouua magnifique