[TheForge] Keeping hammer handles tight

Fri Jun 27 17:58:00 2003

"D.E. (Donn) Barnes" wrote:
> 
> I use the same technique as with wagon wheel spokes - a warmed solution of
> half linseed oil, half mineral spirits.
> 
> Donn
> 
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> Subject: [TheForge] Keeping hammer handles tight
> 
> I think this has gone around before but with my last HD crash I lost
> lots of good tips, so.
> How do you guys keep the handles in your hammers tight?  I have let the
> hammer sit in the slack tub which keeps the head tight but does not do
> the handle any good.  I tried soaking neats foot oil into the handle at
> the head but it seemed to dry out also.  Any suggestions?  I'm in
> central Texas and everything dries up here in the summer.
> 
> Larry

Water will just make it worse. As the woo absorbs water it swells.
Crushing the wood cells against the hammer head. So it actually gets
looser as it drys again.
Bust thing is to place the hammer ( head down) into a container of
linseed oil once a week. Will be absorbed into the wood and keep it from
drying

Ralph

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