Axe repair

A batch of firewood came yesterday, so I spent a while chainsawing that to make it choppable. Later in the day as I was fiddling with more welding Sammy came down to report that the axe was on its last legs ready to split at the neck. I told him how to get the split off section of handle out of the hole in the head. Use a sizeable metal drill bit to drill a couple of holes down through the wood and then use an old bolt to whack the weakened parts out from their home by resting the thing on the jaws of the big vise with the jaws open to the right width to allow the bits to pop out. He did that, but went out with friends, so never had time to make a replacement.
These drawings sometimes look a bit like they should be on the wall of a cave somewhere.