[AT] OT - using pitchfork

[Larry D. Goss]

I think those may be True Temper pitch forks, Mike.  I think you'll find
that the handle is a friction fit.  I can't tell if the tines are
tapered from the angle of the photo, but it looks like they are forged
rather than welded so it's probably worthwhile to fix them.

Larry

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Larry D. Goss wrote:
> You should be able to find a replacement handle at your local ACE
> hardware, Mike.  They're pretty good about stocking that sort of
thing.
> 
> If I remember right, the tang on a pitchfork is just a friction fit,
> just like the handle on a flat file.  I think I remember being able to
> knock off the stump of a broken handle by just working on it with a
> hammer.
> 
> What have you got? Hay fork, straw fork, manure fork, beet fork, don't
> know?
OK, I put an image of two essentially identical pitchforks with broken 
handles up on my Fotki Web album:
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/tools__equipment/pitchfork2.html>

I say "essentially" identical, because one has tines about half an inch 
longer than the other, but they are the same in every other dimension. I

couldn't find the other fork, which is somewhat wider than these two 
with longer tines.

As you will see, one has the handle broken off inside the end, while the

  other is broken off about 2' from the fork. The one that still has 
part of a handle has some kind of steel insert in the wood that goes 
into the fork. I would say that these are not antiques, as what little 
paint remains is a metallic blue.

Mike
> 
> Larry
> 

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