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sledgehammer restoration !!

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 12:41 pm
by dill786
i am going to try this !!! I let you know how i get on when i purchase the handle from E Bay


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sledge hammer restoration !!

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 12:42 pm
by dill786

sledge hammer restoration !!

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:12 pm
by dill786
i got my vice out and clamped it in good..

i noticed that it has 2 metal pins in the head, will they come out after i drilled all the wood out of it ??

sledge hammer restoration !!

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:22 pm
by dill786
i let my brother borrow my drill so illl have to wait till i get it back so i can core out all of the wood inside the head

sledge hammer restoration !!

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:29 pm
by dill786
ill be using sandpaper to deburr all the rust and crap on it or shall i use the the wire brush head that attaches to a drill ?

sledge hammer restoration !!

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:31 pm
by Intrinsic
This is kinda cool and interesting ...

sledge hammer restoration !!

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:34 pm
by Intrinsic
OH yeah, power tools are always funner then elbow grease.

sledgehammer restoration !!

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 3:42 pm
by Prawn Connery
Dip it in acid.

sledgehammer restoration !!

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 8:30 pm
by dill786
the 2 metal pins are confusing ( pic 4 & 5)

the shaft enters from the other side, wont the pins get in the way? the shaft head wont go right through if the pins are in the way. i guess if i get the right fit it wont be an issue?

sledgehammer restoration !!

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 8:57 pm
by bentech
its not that they get in the way
understand your wooden handle doesn't occupt all of the space available inside the metal channel of the tool head that you've driven it into

those metal rings are wedges of sorts which drive the handles woodfibers outs to the sides filling in those spaces and compressing all the wood around so that in the future there is no climatic situations where to compressed wood given a chance to expand into voids wont fill them

and thus the head of the tool forever remains tightly affixed to the handle