How to make an ax from rebar

Construction reinforcement can be used not only for working with concrete, but also for creating various crafts. One of the most unusual options for its use is the manufacture of a skeletal type ax. With a fairly decorative appearance, it can well be used as a working tool. Of course, it is not suitable for chopping wood, but it is suitable for cutting meat or cutting down branches. It will also look good on the wall.
How to make an ax from rebar

Materials and tools:


  • reinforcement 12-16 mm;
  • gas cutter or forge;
  • vice;
  • electric welding;
  • emery.

How to make an ax from rebar

Making an ax


Before you start working with reinforcement, you need to draw an ax template in order to accurately bend the workpiece along it. It is best to draw it on a tabletop, sheet steel or plywood, but not on paper, since it will burn when hot metal is applied.
How to make an ax from rebar

Next, you need to measure the circumference of the ax and take the corresponding piece of reinforcement for its manufacture with a small margin of 10-20 cm. The center is marked on the workpiece. It is heated red-hot in a forge or under the flame of a gas torch. The red-hot reinforcement is bent in half by hand.
How to make an ax from rebar

How to make an ax from rebar

To narrow the bend radius, you need to warm it up again, but wider, and squeeze it in a vice.
How to make an ax from rebar

How to make an ax from rebar

How to make an ax from rebar

You can also straighten the workpiece with hammer blows, but this carries the risk of damaging the characteristic relief on the reinforcement, which will then not look the best. It is necessary to warm up the reinforcement in the right places and bend it in a vice so that it completely follows the shape of the template.
How to make an ax from rebar

After bending the ax handle, the ax head is made. It consists of 4 pieces of reinforcement. Before cutting, the workpiece must be bent under them with an arc. The ax blade will consist of 2 folded pieces of reinforcement.
How to make an ax from rebar

How to make an ax from rebar

Blanks for a pointed butt should be cut at an angle at the end to form a wedge when joined.
The details of the ax head and ax handle are tried on. Then you need to weld the handle reinforcement at one point 4-8 cm in front of the blade, then move its ends apart and cut it off. After this, all the parts are welded together one by one. When welding 2 pieces of reinforcement that form the blade, you need to make a thick seam to completely fuse them, filling in all the recesses.
How to make an ax from rebar

How to make an ax from rebar

How to make an ax from rebar

The ax blade is sharpened, but not to full sharpness. After the slopes are formed, it needs to be hardened. To do this, the cutting edge is heated to an orange tarnish and immediately cooled in water.
How to make an ax from rebar

How to make an ax from rebar

After hardening, the ax can be sharpened to the desired sharpness. If you immediately harden a razor-sharp blade, it may deteriorate.
How to make an ax from rebar

How to make an ax from rebar

In the future, if you plan to use the ax for work and not decoration, it is better to wrap the ax handle in the grip areas with leather so as not to rub your hands. The ax also needs to be painted and the blade blued.
How to make an ax from rebar

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Comments (2)
  1. maloi
    #1 maloi Guests 10 March 2020 21:49
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    class is talent, you are a master of your craft
  2. Rus
    #2 Rus Guests April 9, 2020 11:21
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    Before actual use, you need to buy a normal ax or at least temper the blade so that it doesn’t burst after such hardening laughing