3 things I hate about vintage Plumb Axes, and how to fix them.

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• OM

  @omardumbrell435 · 11 months ago

  Boiling it in water softens the permabond and makes it easier to get out.

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• NO

  @NoName-ml5yk · 11 months ago

  Excellent info. &nbsp;Your videos are giving me the confidence I need to start refurbishing all the axe heads I&apos;ve acquired. &nbsp;A couple of thoughts.<br><br>It should be possible to use a hydraulic press to reshape the sides of the eye. &nbsp;Bend the bottom of the eye closer together to give it a wedge shape. &nbsp;I would take it slow and keep checking the progress. &nbsp;Use a piece of hardwood to avoid metal on metal contact and subsequent damage. <br><br>Many epoxies are vulnerable to chemicals. &nbsp;Next time you remove permabond a good test would be to drop the chunks into glass jars containing different chemicals. &nbsp;MEK, Acetone, methylene chloride for instance. <br><br>I would use my press to drive the permabond/wood out as one piece, but fabricating a driver that roughly matches the eye and devising a jig to hold the head might be too difficult for the average person. &nbsp;<br><br>Good stuff.

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• RC

  @rcosg542yt · 11 months ago

  Ive hung several plumbs and have a few dozen others yet to be re-hung. Ive noticed on quite alot of them i run into eyes that are misaligned. Especially the boys axes and 3 lbers. It just makes it more of a pain when fitting a handle and having to compensate. I usually find myself procrastinating on the permabond ones too. So much drilling. Thanks for the info. Great video.

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• BI

  @bigoldgrizzly · 8 months ago (edited)

  Another thing to look out for in any modernish epoxy hang, is that once you get all the crap out, there is often very little flare ie. little or no &apos;hourglass&apos; shape... just near parallel sides. Measure it and rectify it before hanging on a new stick. Easiest way I know is to use fairly chunky carbide burrs in a drill......or not buying them in the first place<br>ps. the crack pattern in the little scout plumb screams out to me that at some point someone has been using this as a wedge, pounding on it with a heavy hammer. You will often know there is going to be a crack just by looking how the sides of the eye are blown out. Very common fault on folded eye european axes that are structurall weak, but adequate, at this point ..... until you start slamming it with a hammer.

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• BA

  @baitammo4652 · 11 months ago

  The best thing for all of you to do is quite buying Plumbs! Quite buying them and sell the ones you have to me. CHEAP!😂

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• VI

  @VicsYard · 8 months ago

  Hello. Vic here. First real head set today. Over the years I did some things we are not so proud of lol… Thanks for the caliper idea. That will help with figuring things out. Thanks.

• TU

  @turtlewolfpack6061 · 2 weeks ago

  That Permabond is a royal pain. Don&apos;t see a lot of Plumb axes in my AO but the older Hults Bruks have it as well.

• DA

  @DavidTSnyder305 · 11 months ago

  Good info.<br>I&apos;ve only got 2 plumb&apos;s, a heavily worn scout hatchet head and my fiberglass handle framing hammer so I have little experience with them.<br><br>A few years back I bought what turned out to be a Chinese permabond knockoff at a yard sale for 50 cents and even it was a pain in the ass to deal with.

• TO

  @tomp9036 · 11 months ago

  Do you collect anything in particular or just whatever suits your fancy?

• JF

  @JFBradfields-Axed-n-Answered · 11 months ago

  Well. Maybe you just helped lower the auction site prices of Plumb axes. Thank you!

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• CA

  @cal1776 · 11 months ago

  Do you have a favorite manufacturer?

• MA

  @MattKeevil · 11 months ago

  I&apos;ve never found a Plumb in the wild here in Canada but we have a lot of Swedish and German axes. The Swedish axes in particular tend to be hour-glassed and if you&apos;re not used to it then it can really mess with hanging. A lot of these axes were epoxied &nbsp;so maybe that explains it.

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