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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAs some of you know, I'm a skilled craftsman. I made an axe. I'm not very smart, but I am skilled.
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rsdsharp
(11,578 posts)and I replaced the head. Thats my grandfathers axe.
(Me and Dad was cousins, but wes alright!)
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)Because that's my plan.
rsdsharp
(11,578 posts)LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)So I got a new doctor.
rsdsharp
(11,578 posts)TexasTowelie
(124,467 posts)Sorry, but I couldn't resist.
rsdsharp
(11,578 posts)TexasTowelie
(124,467 posts)I just ran with it.
Bluestocking
(417 posts)but next time make the handle out of wood and the axe head out of metal. I think you are smarter than you think and you already know that. The fact that you are on DU means your smarter than alll those Americans that did not vote for Harris.
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)I plan on chopping up some steel with it.
My concept here is that old saying "opposites attract".
Wifes husband
(667 posts)badhair77
(5,062 posts)Beautiful craftsmanship, btw.
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)Finding horseshit on the internet, and then posting it here.
I did come up with the OP title all by myself though!
badhair77
(5,062 posts)trump would. He specializes in taking credit for others work.
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)That thing took me several hours to make!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Lucky J. Charms
President of the United Axe Makers Association.
badhair77
(5,062 posts)malaise
(291,440 posts)😀
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)cachukis
(3,575 posts)LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)Sorry.
cachukis
(3,575 posts)debm55
(53,080 posts)LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)debm55
(53,080 posts)LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)have a nice hatchet.
Thank you, Deb.
Donkees
(33,316 posts)... and they thought it was one of them.''
Then along came an axe with a wooden blade. They voted for that one instead, and the forest was saved.
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)Donkees
(33,316 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)I also made a tree knife!

Joinfortmill
(19,629 posts)Ford_Prefect
(8,472 posts)LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,495 posts)Your axe is proof that you are very smart indeed.
Thanks for sharing!
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)'A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new".
orangecrush
(27,679 posts)chowder66
(11,617 posts)electric_blue68
(25,104 posts)LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)electric_blue68
(25,104 posts)LoisB
(12,083 posts)LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)Trying to figure out if i could make that, just for the heck of it.
LoisB
(12,083 posts)Niagara
(11,179 posts)Did you bury the hatchet or give anyone a spitting headache?
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)It's another one of my "Skills".
You're punny!
I'm actually wondering if I could make that axe head.
This OP has me thinking about a replacement arm to an Adirondack chair that I made for a friend of mine several years ago. Took me several tries to get it right. Pic below, old vs. new.

How am I punny? I'm here to amuse you?
That's a spectacular job on the arm replacement, Lucky!
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)the way you tell the story and everything!
You got it all wrong, Tommy!
Whoa, whoa Anthony!
He's a big boy, he knows what he said!
Story about that chair arm:
That's wet treated lumber. I unfortunately don't own a band saw, and my jig saw would not cut that wood. It was having none of that! Also, my router was out of commission.
So I did that whole thing with hand saws to get it close, and then shaped it with the electric sander and some 60 grit sandpaper. My buddy and his wife were at a wedding the day I went over to his house to install the new arm. I knew his 20 something daughter was home when I was banging on the door, but she would not answer the door to let me in because I had not seen her in several years and she didn't recognize me.
So, I climbed over a fence with my tool bags to get into his backyard to install the arm. It took me about 2 hours to do that, because the rest of the chair was messed up, so I repaired it while I was there. He had about THIRTY talking gnomes in his backyard, and they were motion sensitive, so every time I moved, they would talk to me.
"Hey, what are you doing there"?
"Hey you, get out of here".
Imagine listening to that for two hours! So I was laughing my ass off and started talking back to the gnomes.
Pics below. Unfortunately, I didn't get a pic of the gnomes!
I hope you are having a lovely day!


Niagara
(11,179 posts)Those garden creatures are always up to gnome good! They probably would have mooned you while you were taking their photos anyway!
I'm currently taking a break but it's a long but good day for me. I hope you're having a good day too!
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)What's that smoking emoji?
You don't smoke, do you?
Are you smoking weed on your break?
Niagara
(11,179 posts)No smoking here.
That smoking emoji was Hendry smoking a cigarette, not me.
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)he had a wonderful system for doing the garlic.
That skinny guard is a real pain in the ass!
berniesandersmittens
(12,871 posts)Ptah
(33,959 posts)LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)Harker
(17,166 posts)but it appears that you have a handle on it.
LuckyCharms
(21,236 posts)Until I accidently cut off a few fingers with my wooden axe!
Harker
(17,166 posts)Harker
(17,166 posts)3catwoman3
(28,248 posts)This clip is guaranteed to make me laugh no matter how many times I have seen it, and I've watched it many, many times.
Harker
(17,166 posts)Laughing comes with a price, but it had to be done. 🪓
3catwoman3
(28,248 posts)I hope your stitches held up!