- A
broadaxe is a
large broad-headed axe.
There are two
categories of
cutting edge on
broadaxes, both are used for
shaping logs into
beams by hewing. On...
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metres (4 ft 11 in – 5 ft 7 in) or more at the long end.
Sometimes called a
broadaxe (Old Norse: breiðøx), the
blade was
broad and thin,
intended to give a...
- logs and
trees rather than pre-cut
dimensional lumber.
Hewing this with
broadaxes, adzes, and draw
knives and
using hand-powered
braces and
augers (brace...
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bevelled (i.e.
symmetrical about the axis of the blade), but some
specialist broadaxes have a
single bevel blade. Most
modern axes have
steel heads and wooden...
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exercise in cinema. It is also a
social satire written in
blood with a
broadaxe. It is
bawdy as the
British were
bawdy when a
wench had to wear five petticoats...
- Fire rake Fire ****ant
Helitack McLeod (rakehoe) ****ski Axes
Billhook Broadaxe Brush hook Froe (shake axe)
Hatchet Labrys Log
splitter Marking axe Splitting...
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dimensional lumber. The
timbers are cut from log
boles and
squared with a saw,
broadaxe or adze, and then
joined together with
joinery without nails.
Modern timber...
-
short stories published, some
under humorous pseudonyms such as
Benjamine Broadaxe and
Ebenezer Slypole.
After devoting his full
attention and livelihood...
- ties are
railway ties (or sleeper) that are hewn by hand,
usually with a
broadaxe.
There are 2,900 ties per mile of
track on a
first class railroad.[clarification...
- needed. The logs were
squared using only
basic hand tools: a
crosscut saw,
broadaxe, adze, auger, and pit saw. The
wooden structure sat on a
masonry foundation...
