rdandersom
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I have a 6 lbs axe I use for most of my splitting work and I put a new handle on last week. I thought I had done a really slick job until it broke on the sixth wheelbarrow load.
1 I brought the new handle home and put the business end close to the woodstove for 3 days to make sure it was good and dry
.2 Inspected the head and filed out old burrs in the metal. I observed that the opening was tapered.
3 Whittle a little off of the handle to make the head fit.
4Installed the axe head small side of the tapered hole first and tapped in a wooden wedge to hold it.
5 I put the axe head on the top of the woodstove with the handle propped up on a chair until the head was too hot to touch.
6 I tightened the wedge some more. I was surprised how much more it went in
7 Took the axe outside and let it cool overnight before I used it.
Did I do this wrong somehow and maybe get the head too tight? Or did I just get a bad handle?It broke cleanly with the head on one side and back about 5 inches on the other.
1 I brought the new handle home and put the business end close to the woodstove for 3 days to make sure it was good and dry
.2 Inspected the head and filed out old burrs in the metal. I observed that the opening was tapered.
3 Whittle a little off of the handle to make the head fit.
4Installed the axe head small side of the tapered hole first and tapped in a wooden wedge to hold it.
5 I put the axe head on the top of the woodstove with the handle propped up on a chair until the head was too hot to touch.
6 I tightened the wedge some more. I was surprised how much more it went in
7 Took the axe outside and let it cool overnight before I used it.
Did I do this wrong somehow and maybe get the head too tight? Or did I just get a bad handle?It broke cleanly with the head on one side and back about 5 inches on the other.