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Gardenantics

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DIY Tool
« on: February 08, 2006, 13:04:13 »
I know not everyone will have access to the equipment needed to make this, but thought it may be of interest. I bought a unused axe head at a carboot sale for £1.00. I had an old bar of steel about 3/4" diam. and 4 feet long in the shed, and I welded the axe head on one end, so the blade was now the business end, ie. not fixed like an axe, but more like a spear. Why did I do This? I had some trees to remove, and thought that this would be a good way of cutting through roots as I dug the rootball out. The tool more than lived up to my expectations, and is easy to use. Sorry not to be able to show a photo.

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Re: DIY Tool
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2006, 19:41:56 »
Bet it works a treat. Just make sure you have your steel capped boots on!

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Re: DIY Tool
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2006, 20:42:42 »
With an axe on one end and a spike on the other you could do a lot of damage with that.

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Re: DIY Tool
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2006, 23:03:52 »
Thinking of joining the Sealed Knot battle society!

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Re: DIY Tool
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2006, 19:36:18 »
Then you need a billhook on the end of a stick.

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Re: DIY Tool
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2006, 13:12:45 »
Got One!
Car Boot again Old chap selling it called it a 'Yorkshire Slasher', sound like a mass murderer, but great for laying Hawthorn hedges, £5.00, so didn't even haggle.

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Re: DIY Tool
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2006, 14:08:39 »
You must be from Halifax or Haworth!

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Re: DIY Tool
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2006, 18:21:37 »
Between the two!

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Re: DIY Tool
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2006, 22:32:01 »
Hi Gardenantics,
Just found the joys of a 6.5 lb. Mawl.
Having access to self seeding Ash - seasoned/burn on the fire like coal!
Eskimo Nel was a great Inuit.

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Re: DIY Tool
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2006, 00:02:56 »
Is a Mawl a sledge hammer with an axe for one end?

Brian

 

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