Adze Owner’s Manual

You don’t absolutely need an adze to carve bowls, but, especially for larger bowls, it’s faster than a gouge and mallet and it is such a joy to swing a well-tuned adze. I’ve put together here a package of things related to choosing, using, and maintaining a hollowing adze. To access the materials, you’ll be asked to make a one-time payment. Then all of the materials will appear for you below. You’ll be able to log in and access them anytime in the future. Here’s what will be there:

• PDFs of the Illustrations seen in the photo above. I originally drew the two on the left for an article in Fine Woodworking Magazine. The one on the right was in a blog post. I have scanned (at 350 dpi) my original pencil drawings at full-size. They can be downloaded and printed for your personal use. The pages in the photo above were printed on my regular home printer on 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Another option is to email the files to your local print shop.
• PDF of a cartoon (see right) I drew back in 2015 for a blog post about the growing demand for adzes. Again, full size, downloadable and printable.
• Adze Primer Article (PDF) that covers the basic concepts of important adze geometry, choices, bevels, and adjustments.
• Photo slide show of putting a new handle on an adze, including captions. Also includes the dimensions of my preferred adze handle.
• Photo slide show of reshaping, honing, and maintaining an adze, including captions.

• Links to informative adze-related blog posts and videos in which I demonstrate and discuss using an adze to hollow bowls and rough out spoons. These are available free outside of this purchase, but I just thought it would be helpful and convenient to put them all here in one place. Also links to sources for adzes and sharpening products that I use.
• Whatever else adze-related material that I may add in the future.