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Video: Hand Hewing Pine Logs with Broad Axe

By October 4, 20114 Comments

You may have noticed lots of references here lately to hand hewing and broad axes. Call it research, I guess, because I’m still debating how I will acquire, and then work with and move those white oak timbers I mentioned earlier.

Anyway, I really enjoyed this quality video. Really well shot, very clear, very easy to understand the process of hewing here. Check it out!

4 Comments

  • Dan says:

    Wow! Quite laborious!
    Wouldn’t it be possible to keep most of the log round then just work the areas where there’s joinery?

  • Dan says:

    Wow! Quite laborious!
    Wouldn’t it be possible to keep most of the log round then just work the areas where there’s joinery?

  • steelneck says:

    Very good sound (had headphones). I instinctively waived my hand after that bug.. I felt stupid for a second there 🙂

  • steelneck says:

    Very good sound (had headphones). I instinctively waived my hand after that bug.. I felt stupid for a second there 🙂