New adze

Re: New adze

Clint Searl

Outside bevel allows more control.

Re: New adze

Oskar

Never hollowed a chair seat, but for deeper hollows like bowls a outside bevel is better. David Fischer, a bowl carver, has written a lot about setting up adzes on his blog. Worth a read.

Re: New adze

TomD

If you are using it for the seats, that used to be a guttering/bottoming adze job. At the time I took courses their process was a little weird, there was one bizarre reversal, it went something like Adze, inshave, Crown plane, travisher. Normally a plane has the finest cut, but the Planes available were tighter radius than the travisher.

While nothing is any longer for sale, this is a good site to see the various tools.

http://www.drewlangsner.com/cw/Store.html

http://www.drewlangsner.com/cw/Adzes.html

I liked to buy the unhandled tools from drew as they were really high quality, and often had some interesting features like the Wegners tools he sold. Being in Canada, not having to pay for or ship axe length tools was great.

I like the medium length handles as you can brace against your knees for a very controlled cut.

Re: New adze

Joe Fleming

David also explains how to set up an adze in the latest issue of Fine Woodworking. It is an excellent article.

I bought an old adze with a hammer handle added. I pulled the hammer handle out and made my own using the geometry suggested by David. I sharpened it with an outside bevel. Of course, any sharp edge is the apex of two polished faces of steel. I did slightly bevel the inside just enough to remove the pitted area of the old adze head and make a sharp edge.

Joe

Re: New adze

Joe shelton

Found that article while thumbing through FWW at a magazine rack, so I brought it home.

I've worked on the outside of the adze mostly, but I'm also working the inner part.

I keep cutting my sharpening sessions short to use it hollowing a tray. No patience, but it is working better.