Bryan Williams
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Is there a best/correct way to put a new shaft on a hammer head?
That's what you don't do, as when the shaft dries out it shrinks and the head falls off!I had a vague idea you could soak them so they will swell.. might have dreamt it.
I had a vague idea you could soak them so they will swell.. might have dreamt it.
where does one get the wedges from?
Brilliant.I fit hammer handles as part of my job, both hickory and fibreglass. Its not often I have to shape the handle most of ours are a good fit. I cut a slit in the handle half the depth of the hammer head any longer and your just weakening the shaft. Hit the handle into the head (I don't heat the heads I really don't understand what that's supposed to do, except possibly alter the hardness of the head) leave at least 5mm, cut the rest off, hammer in the wood wedge then the metal wedge, then with a ball end of a pein hammer work over the excess wood sand it up and finish. The company I work for produces hammers to BS876 it's how they've always fitted handles.
Sorry didn't see the above postBrilliant.
Do you make the wedges?
No problems, Most of my small hammers are old cobblers tools or for upholstery, they have been in the family a long time.Sorry didn't see the above post