Greenwoodworking – 10 Tips to Improve your Carving Axe Technique

By alama | November 13, 2022 |

Greenwoodworking – 10 Tips to Improve your Carving Axe Technique

#greenwoodworking #axe #carving

Timestamps:

00:00 – Introduction
00:23 – 1. Sharpen Your Axe
01:00 – 2. It’s important how you stand
01:23 – 3. How to hold and swing your axe
01:53 – 4. Swing your axe straight up and down
02:39 – 5. Break the grain to release a stuck axe
03:26 – 6. Know the heel from the toe
04:14 – 7. Rhythm
04:54 – 8. Move the wood, not the axe
05:57 – 9. Learn the Guillotine technique
07:00 – 10. Develop confidence

Any questions or more tips you’d like to share? Leave a comment and I might respond with a ‘shorts’ video to explain any additional concepts.

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5 Comments

  1. Tee Flo on November 13, 2022 at 3:11 am

    nice looking wood you were using, what was it?



  2. Peter Irwin on November 13, 2022 at 3:19 am

    I like the music. Who’s playing?



  3. Zwich on November 13, 2022 at 3:45 am

    I’m really annoyed with the sound mix, the music is to loud compared to your voice and to random it’s very out there . Need to come back another day when I got more focus



  4. Rico S on November 13, 2022 at 3:49 am

    Great instruction. Thanks. What do you do with them once bagged?



  5. Walter on November 13, 2022 at 4:08 am

    awesome camera work and teaching points. thank you!