I had this choice about 20 years ago. I took the head off and cut a 1/8" wide mortice in both halves and glued in a wood floating tenon and of course both faces of the handle. Clamped up using an old cycle inner tube wrapped round a few times left to dry .... and then re-hung it. Some handles are just too nice to lose It went to a friend and it's still going strong. ps another use for that inner tube, I wrap it round under tension & finish with duct tape to make a guard for splitting work .. a handy quick fix guard
@@_BigLife_ Handy in so many ways ... clamps of all sorts, emergency repairs to car water hoses, pinholes in my house heating system pipes and once, as a youngster, as a pressure bandage when I stuck a 4 1/2 pound axe in my foot ;
@AkPacerPilot just make sure your bit and wooden dowell are the same size. Lol. I've actually done this on a few axe handles, and it's worked really well
@ yup… on that note, pretty awesome to see someone own a mistake and how to fix that kind of mistake. Because we all make mistakes doing this kind of work…
honestly, I don't know what kind of wood the dowels were made out of. I just bought them from my local hardware store. If I had to guess, I would say that they were relatively soft
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Very nice man!!!! I'm impressed that it held up so well with that hard use!!!
I was looking forward to hanging it again, but I'm also interested to see how long it holds up.
You obviously did a pretty good job for it to hold up to all of that! That's very impressive! Great job.
I have had luck pinning cracked handles before so I hope this continues to hold up.
From British Columbia, great job buddy.
I appreciate that
I had this choice about 20 years ago. I took the head off and cut a 1/8" wide mortice in both halves and glued in a wood floating tenon and of course both faces of the handle. Clamped up using an old cycle inner tube wrapped round a few times left to dry .... and then re-hung it. Some handles are just too nice to lose
It went to a friend and it's still going strong.
ps another use for that inner tube, I wrap it round under tension & finish with duct tape to make a guard for splitting work .. a handy quick fix guard
I can only imagine that the repair you did was very strong. I will pass along the info about the bicycle inner tube. Thank you for sharing.
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Handy in so many ways ... clamps of all sorts, emergency repairs to car water hoses, pinholes in my house heating system pipes and once, as a youngster, as a pressure bandage when I stuck a 4 1/2 pound axe in my foot ;
@bigoldgrizzly wow.
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I have to admit, beer was involved .... bad idea !
@bigoldgrizzly lol
I was going to text you. But to help with the Al Gore's rhythm...
At 8:00 Harley saw Remy, got excited and started barking 🤣
Lol shelley watches camping videos, and everytime dogs come up, Remi, gets excited
I like how you fixed it, something I would do! Shelly loves REMI! Days off so catching up on your videos!
I'm really trying to figure out how to fit him in the videos more often
@@_BigLife_ Well Shelly is his biggest FAN!
Heck yeah man! Great job and it's holding up just fine.
I'm honestly surprised I was working it hard. I'm trying to make it break
Sweet, got an axe handle separating the same way…. Might have to try pining it the same way…
@AkPacerPilot just make sure your bit and wooden dowell are the same size. Lol. I've actually done this on a few axe handles, and it's worked really well
@ yup… on that note, pretty awesome to see someone own a mistake and how to fix that kind of mistake. Because we all make mistakes doing this kind of work…
I use chinese chopsticks for dowels. Its made from bamboo which is very strong.
Fantastic I never thought of that. Thank you for sharing with us.
Looks and works great! Curious what type of wood dowels are made of? I would of been scratch n my head? Hmm porous and soft or hard and ridged?
honestly, I don't know what kind of wood the dowels were made out of. I just bought them from my local hardware store. If I had to guess, I would say that they were relatively soft