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  1. 01-14-2012, 07:31 PM #1
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    My new hookeroons, homemade!

    Hopefully this is ok to post this here, I spend all my time at AS in the chainsaw section. Spend most of my time reading what all of you think about this saw or that saw. Came here last year with 2 old saws (craftsman and ryobi), since becoming infected have acquired 2 Huskys, 2 Stihls, 2 Echos, 2 Homelites. Also added a real nice cant hook and 2 Fiskars. This place is going to break me. Read a few threads on log handling tools, they all seemed expensive and wasn't sure I would like what I bought, so thought I would modify something to tryout. The results for me have been fantastic. At this time I would say a hookeroon/pickeroon is handier than a cant hook, but the cant hook has been good. This is my first attempt to post a picture, hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Hopefully it works. If the pics show up let me know what you think. Thanks Tom
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  2. 01-14-2012, 07:34 PM #2
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    Hard to beat the satisfaction of homemade. Let us know how they work. Ron
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    that is one beefy hook
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  4. 01-14-2012, 07:40 PM #4
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    Looks like posting pics didn't quite work out

    here are the finished products, got them at Lowe's $20
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  5. 01-14-2012, 07:44 PM #5
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    Looks realy good. nice work. Making it by hand feels much better than buying it. Rep sent for good fab work.

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    Why not just buy one? They're cheap, esp on ebay.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2dogs View Post
    Why not just buy one? They're cheap, esp on ebay.
    Same reason I work on my own saws, truck, motorcycle, house, learn something, teach my kids, personal satisfaction!
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    Looks like it's a bit quicker than forging a piece of coil spring and welding it to a tube or welding some leaf spring together like I been doing for years.

    I prefer a longer hook with a hook to the tip.

    Now if I could just find a pile of hatchet handles to work with.
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  9. 01-15-2012, 11:34 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by motofishman View Post
    Same reason I work on my own saws, truck, motorcycle, house, learn something, teach my kids, personal satisfaction!
    Good for you,.... no offence intended to those who buy but, you never learn anything about hoow things work if you dont at least once in awhile make somthing yourself. I may spend 40 hours making a knife but when people who I know see them They always say "wow your pretty crafty" So keep it up make all you can it make's for a good story over a cold beer.
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  10. 01-15-2012, 12:48 PM #10
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    Let us know how that works out. I've been contemplating doing the same thing, but have noticed that most of the hookeroons you buy are made of spring steel and wonder if that steel in the pickaxe will hold a sharp point.
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    good to make your own stuff...don't throw them other metal bits away!

    why so hefty?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SPDRMNKY View Post
    good to make your own stuff...don't throw them other metal bits away!

    why so hefty?
    So it won't break when he's beating the crap out of zombies...
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    Don't know how long tip will stay sharp. So far used the more hooked one, the first one I made, to move around approximately 1.5 cords of oak 18" rounds around and onto splitter, the end easily digs in. Anything I can lift the hook can stay in and is easy to remove. It doesn't seem heavy started out as a 2.5# pick, the handle is 36" Hickory and fits my hand well. Haven't had to resharpen yet, but would only take a minute with a file. I left the hooks a little longer so I could resharpen many times, should be good for years. Made these with my 20 year old, going to be architect daughter. She loves designing and making things, hopefully she or her husband will still be using these long after I cannot.
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    Great job on the fab work!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by howellhandmade View Post
    Let us know how that works out. I've been contemplating doing the same thing, but have noticed that most of the hookeroons you buy are made of spring steel and wonder if that steel in the pickaxe will hold a sharp point.
    If youve never used a pick ax or pick maddock before they are designed to be used in rock, gravel, hard frozen sand, tar.... im sure they will hold a point. ive used the same one for 3 years at work and never even made a mark in it. id have one longer but things seem to grow legs over the winter layoff months
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    Quote Originally Posted by howellhandmade View Post
    Let us know how that works out. I've been contemplating doing the same thing, but have noticed that most of the hookeroons you buy are made of spring steel and wonder if that steel in the pickaxe will hold a sharp point.
    I made a 7' hookeroon to aid in unloading. Used nothing but a short piece of 1/2" all thread with a point ground and hooked. It has held up for 3 years now, a bit blunted but still very effective.

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