| Project by B | posted 06-30-2014 07:36 PM | 1975 views | 0 times favorited | 3 comments |  |
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An old machete I found at my boss’s work that was rusted,dull,and had a broken handle.Made a new cherry handle pegged with 1/4” epoxied dowels,and sharpened to a decent finish.Handle finished with butcher block finish,polyurethane, and beeswax.
1: Finished machete
2: 1/4” hardwood dowels and handle epoxied to blade
3: Handle halves screwed to bench,so they could be flush trimmed and rounded over with a hand router
4: shaping one piece to be flush trimmed
5: blade stuck to two pieces of cherry with double sided tape,and being drilled through rivet holes for perfect alignment of the handle
6: the machete when I first found it
-- A poor workman blames his tools. Mr.B, Ontario Canada - https://www.instagram.com/boysbeit/
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GerardoArg1
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#1 posted 06-30-2014 08:38 PM
Nice job. Like a lot. Congratulations.
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#2 posted 06-30-2014 10:46 PM
I’ve refurbed a lot of tools, six hours a week for charity…long story… here’s a few before and afters…
i think the handle on that is amazing. I think twenty minutes with a file and twenty minutes with a stone and twenty minutes with some wet/dry sandpaper might give you a mirror finish. Good start…lots of work yet, but it is great to see old tools made new again.
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#3 posted 07-01-2014 06:57 PM
Kewl
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