Got a handle on it.

[Bret]

I have walked past a single blade ax head for years in the barn at the farm thinking that I need to find a place for it for good or put a handle on it. A few weeks ago I had to put a handle on a shovel. Then I found another shovel minus the handle at home in the garage. Because the first one was so easy, I fixed that one too.

The other night I put the ax handle and ax together. I applied Gorilla Glue to the wood wedge and hammered it home, then went to other projects. Later while working with the belt sander, I retrieved the ax, and sanded off the extra wedge and glue and made a light pass on both sides of the ax head to remove some rust. Now it looks like a city ax all dressed up to go someplace.

Taking care of these little things has fired me up in a way that was needed to keep moving and to take on more and larger stuff. Water drainage now. What a leap. The new shovel feels like a backhoe.

Do you have a handle on some projects that need to get going?

[fishhead]

I have an older owner built home that makes repairs into head banging tests of endurance but it is teaching me a lot about the importance of keeping things square. Building new should be a piece of cake as long as I don't hurry.

[Rustaholic]

Originally Posted by Bret

I have walked past a single blade ax head for years in the barn at the farm thinking that I need to find a place for it for good or put a handle on it.

The other night I put the ax handle and ax together. I applied Gorilla Glue to the wood wedge and hammered it home, then went to other projects. Later while working with the belt sander, I retrieved the ax, and sanded off the extra wedge and glue and made a light pass on both sides of the ax head to remove some rust. Now it looks like a city ax all dressed up to go someplace.
Do you have a handle on some projects that need to get going?

I have replaced more handles than the normal person over the years.
After you hammered in that wooden more it is a much longer lasting job if you hammer in a couple short metal ones heading the other way.

Around here if I go into Ace Hardware to buy wedges you get one wooden one and two little metal ones in the package.

[Ernie]

Got a handle on it? Heck no! Entropy is ahead of me most days.

I consider it a blessing if I can just get a handle on the day.

[JawjaBoy]

Know the feeling!

Have rehandled 3 shovels, a hoe, 2 hammers and just got one on an old axe head I found in an old building a few weeks back.

Why all the trouble when I could have just bought new? All these items were from my Grandad's barn, are old but in great shape and all are American made. Even got some good Tennessee made hickory handles for 'em all!

[geo in mi]

Neah, I've got one hammer that's missing three fourths of the handle, and it's still usable for some light duty things. I call it my McDonalds hammer......

geo

(It's a quarter pounder)

[Bret]

I have been using an ax to split wood for the line-shack stove that look like it could fly off. It has 4 or 5 roofing nails where the wedge should be. I didn't put them there, I swear. I'm going to see if I can get the nails out, are re-wedge with glue.