Posted by rdandersom on February 09, 2018 at 10:49:12 from (204.237.46.49):
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.
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