Looking for a gutter adz

[Hughman]

OK, Bob. I'm gonna take your suggestion.

I found this for $20., and a friend has a forge. I'll post when I've finished mangling.....

This Old Adz!

[Hughman]

[img]smile.gif[/img]

First we warm it up a bit, and persuade it into shape...



Success! took it for a test drive in a wee bit of black locust. cruises nicely! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Hughman]

[img]smile.gif[/img]

First we warm it up a bit, and persuade it into shape...



Success! took it for a test drive in a wee bit of black locust. cruises nicely! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Hughman]

[img]smile.gif[/img]

First we warm it up a bit, and persuade it into shape...



Success! took it for a test drive in a wee bit of black locust. cruises nicely! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[nedL]

Great job! A little bit of yankee ingenuity there. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[nedL]

Great job! A little bit of yankee ingenuity there. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[nedL]

Great job! A little bit of yankee ingenuity there. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Bob Smalser]

Looking good.

Resourceful.

[Bob Smalser]

Looking good.

Resourceful.

[Bob Smalser]

Looking good.

Resourceful.

[Hughman]

Well, Bob, I probably still be looking for a tailor made one if I hadn't read your post!

Dave, Who Ben Thresher, Weygers?

[Hughman]

Well, Bob, I probably still be looking for a tailor made one if I hadn't read your post!

Dave, Who Ben Thresher, Weygers?

[Hughman]

Well, Bob, I probably still be looking for a tailor made one if I hadn't read your post!

Dave, Who Ben Thresher, Weygers?

[Shang]

Here's the Gransfors Bruks Gutter Adze from Highland, $149.99.
But the idea of reshaping a carpenter's adz looks like more fun.



Highland puts out a really nice wish-book...I mentally spend a gazillion dollars each time I thumb through it.

Oh, and I have an information-seeking question: Can someone tell me, what is the pupose of the spur on the heel of a shipwright's adz?
I use a carpenter's adz in shaping rustic beams, but it has no spur, and other than whacking a bystander in the leg on a backswing I don't see what it's good for.

[ 10-13-2003, 02:51 PM: Message edited by: Shang ]

[Shang]

Here's the Gransfors Bruks Gutter Adze from Highland, $149.99.
But the idea of reshaping a carpenter's adz looks like more fun.



Highland puts out a really nice wish-book...I mentally spend a gazillion dollars each time I thumb through it.

Oh, and I have an information-seeking question: Can someone tell me, what is the pupose of the spur on the heel of a shipwright's adz?
I use a carpenter's adz in shaping rustic beams, but it has no spur, and other than whacking a bystander in the leg on a backswing I don't see what it's good for.

[ 10-13-2003, 02:51 PM: Message edited by: Shang ]

[Shang]

Here's the Gransfors Bruks Gutter Adze from Highland, $149.99.
But the idea of reshaping a carpenter's adz looks like more fun.



Highland puts out a really nice wish-book...I mentally spend a gazillion dollars each time I thumb through it.

Oh, and I have an information-seeking question: Can someone tell me, what is the pupose of the spur on the heel of a shipwright's adz?
I use a carpenter's adz in shaping rustic beams, but it has no spur, and other than whacking a bystander in the leg on a backswing I don't see what it's good for.

[ 10-13-2003, 02:51 PM: Message edited by: Shang ]

[Hughman]

If you're shaping a ship timber and encounter a spike, perhaps from scaffolding or temporary trusses, you drive the bugger in deeper and keep on shaving!

[img]smile.gif[/img]

[Hughman]

If you're shaping a ship timber and encounter a spike, perhaps from scaffolding or temporary trusses, you drive the bugger in deeper and keep on shaving!

[img]smile.gif[/img]

[Hughman]

If you're shaping a ship timber and encounter a spike, perhaps from scaffolding or temporary trusses, you drive the bugger in deeper and keep on shaving!

[img]smile.gif[/img]

[Alan D. Hyde]

Alex Weygers and Alex M. Bealer both wrote good books on amateur blacksmithing...

Here are some good links:

http://www.alexweygers.com/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...roduct-details

***

Both are worth reading up on: lots of learning and resourcefulness to be found between 'em.

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

Alex Weygers and Alex M. Bealer both wrote good books on amateur blacksmithing...

Here are some good links:

http://www.alexweygers.com/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...roduct-details

***

Both are worth reading up on: lots of learning and resourcefulness to be found between 'em.

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

Alex Weygers and Alex M. Bealer both wrote good books on amateur blacksmithing...

Here are some good links:

http://www.alexweygers.com/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...roduct-details

***

Both are worth reading up on: lots of learning and resourcefulness to be found between 'em.

Alan

[Shang]

Are you familiar with Centaur Forge? Good source of smiths' equipment. I bought their Vulcan firepot when it was on sale, but don't expect to have it working until Spring. Their catalog supposedly sells for $7, but they've sent the last couple for nuthin'.
Their web site is www.centaurforge.com

[Shang]

Are you familiar with Centaur Forge? Good source of smiths' equipment. I bought their Vulcan firepot when it was on sale, but don't expect to have it working until Spring. Their catalog supposedly sells for $7, but they've sent the last couple for nuthin'.
Their web site is www.centaurforge.com

[Shang]

Are you familiar with Centaur Forge? Good source of smiths' equipment. I bought their Vulcan firepot when it was on sale, but don't expect to have it working until Spring. Their catalog supposedly sells for $7, but they've sent the last couple for nuthin'.
Their web site is www.centaurforge.com

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

Gutter Adz:

Sensual older blonde with exotic woods available for outcalls only.Leather, lace, punishment and wooden boat restoration. Also bondage and Hereshoff recitations. Keelhauling a specialty. Call 456 9979

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

Gutter Adz:

Sensual older blonde with exotic woods available for outcalls only.Leather, lace, punishment and wooden boat restoration. Also bondage and Hereshoff recitations. Keelhauling a specialty. Call 456 9979

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

Gutter Adz:

Sensual older blonde with exotic woods available for outcalls only.Leather, lace, punishment and wooden boat restoration. Also bondage and Hereshoff recitations. Keelhauling a specialty. Call 456 9979

[Hughman]

[Hughman]

[Hughman]

[Shang]

(...someone should tell them that their catalog photo is upside down...)

Centaur Vulcan 12x14 with dumping ashgate
"...most popular firepot for general blacksmithing. The firepot was originally designed for use in masonary forges, but is also used in steel forges..."

The tuyere and slag-breaker and ashgate are all part of the assembly.

[Shang]

(...someone should tell them that their catalog photo is upside down...)

Centaur Vulcan 12x14 with dumping ashgate
"...most popular firepot for general blacksmithing. The firepot was originally designed for use in masonary forges, but is also used in steel forges..."

The tuyere and slag-breaker and ashgate are all part of the assembly.

[Shang]

(...someone should tell them that their catalog photo is upside down...)

Centaur Vulcan 12x14 with dumping ashgate
"...most popular firepot for general blacksmithing. The firepot was originally designed for use in masonary forges, but is also used in steel forges..."

The tuyere and slag-breaker and ashgate are all part of the assembly.