[AT] Farmer Robinson?

[rdhaskell at juno.com]

I seem to remember part of the procedure being soaking the handle in oil
heated on a burner, then driving it in the head and putting in the
wedges.

Ron Haskell
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Riverside, California USA
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:30:24 -0400 "charlie hill"
<charliehill at embarqmail.com> writes:
> Thanks Mattias,  the word you were reaching for was "wedge" as in 
> wooden 
> wedge.
> yes, I know that method.  My problem is that this handle is very 
> old.  I'm 
> certain
> it's been in that maul since it was new and it's 35 years or more 
> old. 
> Over time
> with the handle occasionally getting loose the handle end has become 
> 
> misshaped
> so that it doesn't fit the head properly.   I tried putting it back 
> on last 
> week by
> coating the wood with hot glue to fill in the out of shape places 
> and hope 
> it would
> hold but it didn't.   Today I used a grinder with a sandpaper disc 
> to 
> re-shape the end
> of the handle and I got it in pretty good shape.  Then I put the 
> head back 
> on and drove the
> metal wedges that were already in it down tight.   Next I soaked it 
> in hot 
> water for a while.
> Hopefully that will hold it.  If not I'll locate some wooden wedges 
> and try 
> it as you mentioned.
> 
> Farmer had some technique that I think involved heating the ax head 
> red hot 
> so the the handle
> basically burned it's self into a tight fit when it was re-attached 
> (still 
> hot)  but I just can't remember
> now how he said to do it.
> 
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