rickybobby Report post Posted October 23, 2012 Hi, A firefighter friend has asked me to make a sheath and belt for his axe. The belt and sheath are no trouble but he would like it to rotate. I have seen a few swivel mechanisms but they are lightweight and made like a "lazy Susan" light weight sheet metal with ball bearings. Do any of you have a supplier for a heavy duty, quality swivel that will handle that kind of weight? Rick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwinOaks Report post Posted October 23, 2012 I presume you're talking about a sheath to hold the axe head so the handle can rotate. I don't think you'd need ball bearings. Maybe a short bolt with a sleeve? The sleeve would be in contact with leather and could rotate around the bolt as needed. That would still allow some tension adjustment too. You could even do it with some over sized (too long) Chicago screws and 4 washers. Assemble with the leather sandwiched between sets of washers, with a CS holding all together. As long as the CS is a little longer (when fully tightened) than the whole assembly, it would have room to move. Maybe Nylon washers as the center two washers? From what I'm imagining, the axe handle needs to swivel while still hanging mostly down....it doesn't need to twirl around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raysouth Report post Posted February 22, 2013 Ohio Travel Bag has recently added another swicel to their line. Good heavy duty unit which I have tried. Might do the job for the ax as well. Good luck. Ray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
