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Home made pickaroons.
By: 3000 FPS Date: January 18, 2016, 10:51 am
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I got a little cabin fever so I decided to make a couple of
pickaroons.
This first one I made I used some angle iron that I hammered
over to fit a ax handle then cut one of the pieces then welded
together.
The spike was a bolt that came from a cross arm on a power pole.
It never did stick very well so I cut the spike off and used a
piece of scrap metal to make a hook and sharped the end. This
was with the spike.
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Re: Home made pickaroons.
By: 3000 FPS Date: January 18, 2016, 10:55 am
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So since I did not like the spike I cut it off and welded on
this hook.
This design sticks and holds in the wood much better.
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Re: Home made pickaroons.
By: 3000 FPS Date: January 18, 2016, 11:00 am
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So I then decided to make another one using a post hole handle
that was really cheap and using some scrap metal I had left over
from a project on my tractor. This one has a little longer
handle and it will stick the wood pretty good also. I also
decided to wrap the handle with some red parachord for a better
grip. I drilled some holes for the ends and then layed down a
thin layer of epoxy to hold it firmly in place. it works well.
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Re: Home made pickaroons.
By: Moparmyway Date: January 18, 2016, 11:53 am
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Which of the two styles of hook ends holds to the wood better ?
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Re: Home made pickaroons.
By: Chainsawrepair Date: January 18, 2016, 12:28 pm
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Very cool Roger.
This reminded me of a ole video where this guy rebuilt a
homemade one. Pretty neat to watch too.
(HTM) https://youtu.be/CvJ8Q1vAdGA
Part 2 follow up.
(HTM) https://youtu.be/U-27urN8f5M
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Re: Home made pickaroons.
By: 3000 FPS Date: January 18, 2016, 2:13 pm
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[quote author=Moparmyway link=topic=5567.msg68358#msg68358
date=1453139605]
Which of the two styles of hook ends holds to the wood better ?
[/quote]
The hook on the ax handle works the best.
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Re: Home made pickaroons.
By: 3000 FPS Date: January 18, 2016, 2:24 pm
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The Vids were good. I like the idea of the roll pin to keep
the head from pulling off.
The one I made on the ax handle I put a bolt through it pretty
much doing the same thing.
The one with the post hole handle I drove a piece of pipe in to
the end of it spreading it out.
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Re: Home made pickaroons.
By: Gatekeeper Date: January 18, 2016, 5:20 pm
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They look real good.
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Re: Home made pickaroons.
By: Chainsawrepair Date: January 20, 2016, 3:23 pm
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Been reading up on these more and more. Being I seen a use for
them when I am cutting on the land.
I am thinking a longer and shorter one.
Also seen the name hookaroon used while searching.
Now to figure out how long of a handle for the long one
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Re: Home made pickaroons.
By: 3000 FPS Date: January 20, 2016, 4:36 pm
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Yea the Hookaroon or Pickaroon same thing different name
depending on where your from. I can't tell any difference
between the two.
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