f/glass pick handle fitted to a log splitter

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A 'friend' broke the shaft on my old black forest type splitter a couple of weeks ago. Replacement fibreglass handles don't seam to be available in the UK, so I had the idea of cutting down a 'roughneck' f/glass pick handle from screwf* for 13 quid.

 

The shaft hole in the head is say 2" x 1.12" which just fitted over the base of the shaft. I took 4 cuts off the plastic head end with a wood saw to give a slight taper and worked it down with a rasp, untill I had a good interferrance fit with the head just 1/2" back from the end well bumped on to allow a bit of creep.

 

I part expected to find a problem within the moulding but for 13 quid it was worth a go. I did find some of the plastic not bonded as I worked down but maybe I was lucky it worked down onto solid plastic. I finished it off with rubber tape and a 3" long alloy sleeve.

 

I have only used it for tested but if feels good:thumbup: