New hammer handle.

Hdonly

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I have had this 4lb. sledge hammer for most of my life. It belonged to my Dad before I got it. This is the third handle I know it has has since I first saw this hammer when I was a youngin. I used it for several years with a piece of broom handle in it. My favorite go to hammer when I need to smack something.!
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Most of my hammers have pipe handles because I got tired of other people breaking the handles. I have 2 8lbs sledge hammers with pipe handles about 2 foot long in them We call them Thor
 
At the power company, we welded a 6"long pipe collar over the handle to the sledge hammer heads for our line crews, because the tool room man got tired of replacing handles.
 
One of my tire hammers has a fiber glass handle but when who ever it was that put it in they didn't watch how it dried so the handle sit off to one but that makes it work better for me since it sit so a left handed person work it easier
 
onefarmer: what did you use to glue them? I've used the "striking tool epoxy" sold for the purpose with mixed results--among other problems I had one batch that didn't harden, which I know can be a problem with many epoxies when they get older before use, and I have no way of knowing how old this one was. Ended up just using a standard 2-part epoxy and it's held fine so far, though the application (cutting down a broken splitting maul handle for use as a kindling splitter) isn't particularly strenuous. Have wondered how something like a West System or Acraglas epoxy would work, but as both are expensive and I don't have either on hand I haven't tried them.
 

A bud made me a hand made Hickory handle for mine... I left it on a leaf spring while working under a truck its gone... I went for a drive to look for it I hope who ever picked it up likes it as much as I did...
 
Went to help a work buddy last fall with
replacing the front door of his home. He
brought out the old family claw hammer
handed down through the generations.
Handle has been replaced 19 times, and the
head 4 times. But that's the old family
hammer.. Came over on the boat.
 
Where do you find handles anymore? When I used to find them they were more expensive then a new hammer. I
have several good old ball piens (sp) and black smith type hammers that I would like to put handles in but
now I can't even find the handles. The old hammers are so much better than these new soft types we get now.
Gary
 
That is also why I have started to use pipe to make my own handles that do not break
 
(quoted from post at 20:14:24 01/25/21)
Oh dear ! I know such a good joke about Thor but I doubt I'd get away with posting it here .

Well then you probably know the one about the yank, the Brit, and the aussie that walked into a bar.

At least state the setup and premise for the joke. We can guess at the punchline.
 

Not quite BC . The joke concerns a lisping divorcee and a fancy dress party . " You're sore ? I'm so Thor I can't p!$$."
 
One of them the handle had come loose of the original epoxy, the other the epoxy broke up.

On the loose handle I used a standard two part epoxy long set not the 5min stuff. The other handle I had an extra pack of epoxy that came with another handle.
 
(quoted from post at 23:54:48 01/25/21) Where do you find handles anymore? When I used to find them they were more expensive then a new hammer. I
have several good old ball piens (sp) and black smith type hammers that I would like to put handles in but
now I can't even find the handles. The old hammers are so much better than these new soft types we get now.
Gary

Look up "Bowman Handle", they have about everything.
 
Wood handles show up frequently at flea markets & swap meets here in Michigan. They are mostly blems. Just need to be
careful what you buy.

Haven't figured out where they are made though.
 
nice job. nothing like a wood handle. i hate fiberglass handles, and a pipe handle would be totally out of the question. you get the
vibration right back at you. i have seen people weld short pipe to the hammer head where a person would miss and damage the wood.
 
Made pipe handle never have a vibration problem and I have probably 10 hammers with pipe handles
 
(quoted from post at 00:20:17 01/26/21) At the power company, we welded a 6"long pipe collar over the handle to the sledge hammer heads for our line crews, because the tool room man got tired of replacing handles.
And now according to OSHA you have modified the hammer, thus making it an illegal tool. We had a safety man who never could conceptualize common sense with packability. We just kept them hidden until we needed them.CM
 
(quoted from post at 00:20:17 01/26/21) At the power company, we welded a 6"long pipe collar over the handle to the sledge hammer heads for our line crews, because the tool room man got tired of replacing handles.
And now according to OSHA you have modified the hammer, thus making it an illegal tool. We had a safety man who never could conceptualize common sense with packability. We just kept them hidden until we needed them.CM
 
I bought a replacement wood handle for the brass hammer I inherited from my Uncle last Spring at Ace Hardware. Designed with just the wedge, I added some JBWeld for good measure?
 
(quoted from post at 17:50:00 01/25/21) I have had this 4lb. sledge hammer for most of my life. It belonged to my Dad before I got it. This is the third handle I know it has has since I first saw this hammer when I was a youngin. I used it for several years with a piece of broom handle in it. My favorite go to hammer when I need to smack something.!
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Hello Hdonly. That is not a hammer. This is a hammer!! All 16 pounds. Been swinging it trying to free up my blade. It will put hair on your chest and remind you where the heart is located.


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