Bottle Jack Hack - Axe Wedge Press
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- A common problem when hanging an axe head on a handle is to hit the wedge too hard with a hammer and causing it to split. I know I've done it enough to be frustrated! I had this old bottle jack lying around and thought surely I'd be able to re-use it into some sort of manual hydraulic press. Here's the results. Made from scrap I had lying around. Mark I - works very well and already have some ideas for modifying and improving for the next one! Enjoy!
Great work. I wish you would have demonstrated it by splitting a log. Thanks.
Drilling,grinding,welding,sanding. the sweet sound of a workshop
This sir is hands down the best repurpose for an old bottle Jack and will be a future build & piddling project well done sir well done!
For future builds (saw you commented about a mk 2 design) your jack would provide greater force if it had equal load across the ram. Meaning due to the one sided adjustment rail, your jack had to push up and over to the right. You could save yourself alot of headache by replacing the square tubing with 2 pieces of 1/2" x 3 x ?? tall, flatstock. Make more of a "H" frame where the "-" is the moveable jig for holding the work. Would be easy to layout spacing on 1 part and drill both at the same time on your drill press. Join both rails from the top or backside (to avoid clearance issues) with equal thickness stock. Then instead of having welded anchor pins, they could be just long bolts or round stock that could be slid in from the side. I believe you will find alot more "oomph" this way in your existing jack. Hopefully this doesn't come across wrong. Not telling you how to do it, or anything like that. Just going off of what life's taught me. Keep creating and nice thought out idea for a very common issue. Simple solution with mechanical advantage, what's not to love!?
Watching this gave me an idea to make a bottle jack wood splitter!
Really interesting idea great project but I was for some reason thinking that it was going to be a kindling splitter a axe press lol
I'm sure you got a kick out of the project,it's been done many times before,but you did a top notch job and we'll worthy of my 5 ☆ rating
Great idea for making a press and nice fabrication. For putting in wedges or pushing out old handles I have two bench vices mounted one in front of the other a foot apart. One holds the axe. One holds the bottle jack. Easy to tap in a wedge and push it in with the jack. To push a broken handle out use a piece of steel that will slide through the eye. Hold on end of eye and push through with the bottle jack.
Thanks for showing this straight up without any crappy background music
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When I was a young motorcycle mechanic in Ireland in 1979, I made a press for straightening fork tubes using a bottle jack like this, after much welding and buying of steel I found out that bottle jacks didn't work upside down, if only we had the internet in those days!
Haha I started planning this horizontally until I realized the bottle jack only worked vertically! Haha
I learned the hard way, sadly.
For those of us who want to weld, but haven’t taken the time to learn, could you add some brief information about the welding process you used, and the type of rod, if that is important to this welding process in this situation. This could be added to the “show more” box, without adding anything to the video. This is a great idea and a really well made video. Thanks for the excellent tip for reusing a bottle jack for various purposes around the shop, including as a wedge jack when rehandling axes. Consider squirting some glue into the slot in the axe handle in addition to just putting it on the wedge - could result in better lubrication when pressing the wedge into the slot and a better, stronger glue joint when the glue dries.
Great idea. You now have a useful tool from an old bottle jack, some tubing and plate.
Hey, great video! Awesome talent and craftsmanship. I also appreciate a "shop sights and sounds" video without annoying music.
I'm genuinely shocked that bottle jack wasn't cast iron and took the weld so well.
This is great work. Maybe on the next prototype you add a return spring, but this looks very functional and precise as-is.
joedanger666 the cheaper newer versions are usually just plate on the bottom and contrary to belief you can mig cast iron as long as it's not super structural. I repaired a broken bearring race on a belt sander 3 years ago and still going.
My granny wasn’t Lizzie Borden so I don’t really have a need for this but it sure was nice to watch.
Great works and craftmanship !
I need a small press just like this. Your design is simpler and cost effective by utilizing a single rectangular pipe and adding 2 bolts to the limiting plate. What I was thinking is basically scaled down version of full size manual hydraulic press. After I saw your video, I realized I don't need side rectangular pipes for a small press having head traveling upto 8 inches.
Thank you.
Very well made, well done. Also, suggest soaking the axehead in a bucket of water over night. It swells the wood and makes it even tighter.
Fascinating! I take it you re-handle a lot of axes? It’s great to see a how-to video where the craftsman is thorough and meticulous, prepping the metal properly and priming and painting the finished project. I don’t need this particular tool, but I’m subscribing to see what else you come up with! Thanks.
That's just some brilliant outside the box thinking and design.
This is a great way of recycling old tools. Can be use for pressing anything really. If it was me I would add a safety chain or something like that to connect to the shaft of the tool being just in case it decides to pop off or snap under pressure. Subscribed as well.
I watched the whole video thinking you were building a wood splitter 😂
Nice surprise tho 😉
The square-section uses as a stopper should have cross-bracing. That machine can develop a fearsome pressure and if not used carefully, the square section could bend and give way.
Having said that, the workmanship is first class.
This is what life’s all about - men in sheds making stuff ! Excellent !
When polishing small pieces like that i glued a strong magnet to the underside of my table into a square i had nitched out that kept 1/16 of wood from magnet to meterial. Ever since then i havnt lost small pieces ive polished on my table.
I know you're not going believe this but a hammer blow can have a momentary force that is several orders of magnitude greater than your hydraulic jack. The key to understanding this is time. The jack can sustain force whereas the hammers peaks and falls quickly. Thousandth of a second quickly. Meaning: stick with the hammer and just don't hit it so damn hard.
Wow, definitely a well fabricated press, albeit somewhat overkill for pressing axe wedges. Kinda like building a heated 5000 sq/ft garage just to store a tank of gas and a lawnmower. And you really gotta love that lawnmower.
Well that bottle Jack won’t ever be used for the many things that it’s meant for. At least you won’t have to worry about someone borrowing it. 👍
Love the logic I need to install a wedge in an axe handle. I know I'll build a press! LOL once again excellent craftsmanship. Thoroughly enjoyed watching your video.
Looks easier than the Ibeam press to make nice job!
Wow very nice. I'm glad I've got a powerplasma cutter though. I hated cutting plate with an angle grinder.
Very nice tool ,wide range of uses no doubt .Hello from Jamaica
Great work - the concept can be expanded for other press work, no doubt. A Chevy pickup truck drive shaft carrier bearing comes to mind 🤔
I have just watched this video. You are an awesome craftsman and I would let you build anything I wanted built.... I really like how you took the time and done everything slow and right the first time (not including the little miscalculation, I liked that as well )
another awesome piece man, I need a press badly. more so a bigger one for wheel bearings for cars ect. but thats still awesome for the little engine repairs you do.
Very neat,
I'm now making a bearing press.
Thanks.
Another great project. After watching your chainsaw restoration I came here I see you used this to aid in the pressing of the bearings in that video. This press will have multiple uses. I do think you should have welded a heavy gusset from the base to the tube opposite the jack that would increase the strength. Nice work !!!
Great idea for pressing ball bearings in place! Now I know how to diy such a brilliant and compact device!
it looks too beautiful to use.....it looks like an awful lot of work for an axe wedge but if i ever needed to make a home made tool or some welding i would love to have you do it for me,,,,,your attention to detail is great.
I think it would be better as a wood splitter,if you attached an old axe head and gave it a wider stance. But still kind of cool. You could press small bearings with it also. I see some potential
Exactly what i was thinking. Could just use a welded wedge piece for the insertable part at the top. Should split softer wood perfectly.
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Wonderful idea. Was wondering the whole time what you were making than blew my mind in the end
These videos are so satisfying to watch. They sparking me to do some with my skillz
I think the gloss black and metallic white is the best signature colour for your chanel..
Nice little bearing press as well.
Nice job & workshop, just noticed the grinder/sander video, so going to watch that. Thank you.
Great construction, good setup 👍
Welding to something that has oil trapped inside, not that good idea, but you already did it so... :D I would have bolted that jack into the other structure, so if it craps out, I can change it.
It appears you've made a very handy press for small work. The kind of stuff that can go bad when you're using a 100 ton one because that's what you've got. Personally, it would never had occurred to me to press a wooden wedge into an axe or hammer handle in the first place but seeing it done, it's an excellent idea! I'll start doing it. I will use the big press however, 'cause that's what I've got!
My only suggestions would be to not weld the jack to the base but to trap it loosely in some bent up 1/4" square stock. Same type of thing with the screw plate. I'd make a collar and weld that to the plate and let it drop over the screw. That way the jack can be used for other things.
One thing of a design nature I would do is to move the jack placement away from the column
maybe as much as a few inches so you can use it to get to the center of things a little larger but still in that small stuff range.
To those that say it won't get used much I'd say, if you don't have one you'll never use it. Its the same reason millions of dollars worth of fire trucks stay in the station day after day, you only need 'em, when you need 'em.
I appreciate the effort and time it takes to create both the videos and bringing the ideas in your mind into reality.
Гидравлическая струбцина, для загона клинышка в топор. Это нечто. А есть гидравлический вдавливатель гвоздей в стену??? что б соседей не беспокоить🤣🤣🤣
@Max Z. Довольно неплохой пресс получился , правда узкоспециализированный . Но вот нахуя домкрат приваривать было - это вопрос
@Max Z. ну да,писать комментарии куда как более важное дело). Если у него там производство этих топоров-вполне норм вещь. Тем более,не только для этого можно использовать,а везде,где нужно давление.
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I've GOT TO build me one of these!
I have a 10 TON Bottle Jack that would be PERFECT for Cedar!
This is the Pinnacle of Engineering Mastery!
Thanks for sharing this. :-)
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That could also make a nice shock absorber spring compressor or motorcycle fork spring compressor.
I was thinking you should have made the jack upper plate circular for unscrewing the piston to make it taller, but since you made the pole really adjustable it won't make a big difference
nice project
EXCELLENT build Will !!! I try not to read what it is you're building, I try to guess 😁,,, ya had me to the end on this one!!! 😂... VERY NICE!! Thank You for sharing, take care and God Bless you always my friend!!!!!👍👍👍
It’s gorgeous, but it seems like an awful lotta work to build that to drive a wedge, unless maybe you make/repair axes for a living? Doesn’t really matter, was a blast to watch! Glad I sud’d.
Design issue/flaw/me griping: You should have welded the upright in place first. Then you could have welded all four sides. As is, you (apparently) did not weld the side next to the jack and that's where the stress will be. It will always try and pivot away from the jack there as load is applied and now that's the weakest point. Had it been welded you wouldn't have to worry about all four sides of the jack base; it could be almost tack welded, since it'll be pushing down on the flat plate and can never move, anyway.
Also, should have welded a thick washer or short piece of round tube to the bottom of the plate you welded to the jack screw. Then you could have just let it sit there instead and retained the screw, allowing for fine adjustments for various other jobs.
can you run for the president of Turkey ? The country needs you !
Amazing work !
But Turkey is a dictatorship! Why would you want him executed, for treason against Erdoğan?
Cool design there ...... So nice to see the diy building not done with a hack saw 😂😂😂
The axe is only to demonstrate, That nice press can be used for a lot of hard jobs I like it agood one
Excellent welding technique, congrats from Argentina
Thanks mate, this means a lot considering it's my first MIG welding project! Gotta love youtube videos for learning....haha
Where are ya, Will? Love your videos! Hope all is well and we see you soon! Greetings from Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Life has been hectic. Got one in the works, hopefully I can finish it soon :) thanks!
Excellent!
Very nice
Beautiful craftsmanship
Awesome man! Love the magpie @ 12:03.
Looks easy enough to make....but I'm gonna make my own bottle jack while I'm at it. :)
2 years later how far u get
That might be the tightest wedge I’ve ever seen.
From the comments I see I missed the purpose behind this tool, is it for putting the wedge into an axe handle? I watched the video, payed attention to your work expecting a huge climax but then I got a big tool for doing a little task. I'm one who believes in working smarter not harder and have made several different tools over the years to make different jobs easier. I guess I missed the purpose behind this tool. Excellent work on making your tool either way.
That’s a great work.
Thank you for sharing.
Ah Man, As much metal as you cut, you sure need a Chopsaw it is a Big time saver🕑 I do like your idea on this Tall Jack for pressing in the handles & wedges.⛏🔨
Funny, i didn't read the title and figured out what the device was for only when the axe appeared on the scene. :)
Nice build and great idea. Cool video too!
I tried building this in my living room...was going great until the drapes and couch caught on fire!! 🔥🔥
Wow, really great idea and job! Well Done!
no need to argue， from the start it all about axe.... neat fabrication...
birds are sure talkative today.
This site gives you more ideas ( Maintenance and Repair)
Nice job.... You have given me an idea..... Thanks for all your videoing too.. I know that take time to edit...
Fix the axe head to the top stop bracket and you can split logs with it as well.
For the amount of times in your life that you will need to press a wedge into anything. A temporary jig clamped together will work just fine. I guess you can use it as a can crusher with some further mods.
Your sander is fantastic.
I used a hi-lift Jack and the hitch receiver bottom portion on my 4x4 to press the axe wedge in. I can’t see making a tool like this that will only be used like once every 10 years. There’s an easier way.
Sweet. I haven't used an axe since I started using chain saw and log splitter.
you are an artist
Wow I'm shocked, Beautiful work !!
Amazing work ! Congratulations !
Another fantastic job, great video.
This is an example of why this was and always be a Man's World
I love the ingenuity! Turned out well!
Im surprised the heat from the weld didnt trying the jack function
These videos are great. Thanks for sharing them.
Neat idea!
Gotta send him some of that paint remover spray you're fond of..
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You and Will are master of restorations.
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Another great piece of work!
New mig welder?
Looking forward to Mark 2 also.
I’ve now watched and enjoyed all of your videos. Glad you took the music out- haha. I just wanted you to know that I (and obviously thousands of others) appreciate the time and effort you take for camera angles, videography and editing! A real joy to watch! Thank you very much!
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I watched this video of you welding over and over and now I am blind 😎
A great amount of work to put a wedge in an axe handle ! Did it really need painting? ..... fooling aside , I watched it all and you get a 👍
I was hoping for a manual log splitter. Multiple cords of wood suck with a maul and sledge
You should be rightfully proud of that mate.
The trick from the magnetic was cool. Thanks for sharing.
That was a very nicely done project. I love projects where I can make things with my everlast welder.
I really really like that, you did an excellent job.
Gute, saubere Arbeit - sehr schön !
This is sweet. But your arc voltage is a bit too high, that’s why it’s so loud. Only needs a small adjustment tho
I don't know where u r from but like most European vids that I have seen , no oxy-acetalene torch or plasma cutter to do the heavy cuts,but always a kick ass belt sander
Great Idea!!! came out really nice!!