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fredB
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 Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject: Fit new pickaxe handle |
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| Can anyone point me to some instructions for fitting a new handle to a pickaxe ? Googled all over the place without success. Thanks for any help. fredB |
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Hitch
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| Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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Once you have seperated the old shaft and head, simply slide the head over the new handle, pick it up and drop it on the protruding end a few time to tighten it up a bit.
Thats it.
Beceause of the taper of the shaft and the way its used its self tightening, every swing it will get tighter.
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fredB
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Hitch wrote: |
Once you have seperated the old shaft and head, simply slide the head over the new handle, pick it up and drop it on the protruding end a few time to tighten it up a bit.
Thats it.
Beceause of the taper of the shaft and the way its used its self tightening, every swing it will get tighter. |
Many thanks. Brilliant. I asked the question cos the guy who sold me the handle told me the same & I didn't believe it as the broken handle was secured with wedges. He also said that "proper" handymen did this cos they had one handle & several heads. And you remove it by dropping it onto the the grip end & the head falls down the shaft. Fred |
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Jaeger_S2k
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| He also said that "proper" handymen from Yorkshire (because they're tight) did this cos they had one handle & several heads. And you remove it by dropping it onto the the grip end & the head falls down the shaft. Fred |
I love the reasons for things! :o
Now if you where in Scotland you'd just borrow one from your neighbour.
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fredB
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaeger_S2k wrote: |
| fredB wrote: |
| He also said that "proper" handymen from Yorkshire (because they're tight) did this cos they had one handle & several heads. And you remove it by dropping it onto the the grip end & the head falls down the shaft. Fred |
I love the reasons for things! :o
Now if you where in Scotland you'd just borrow one from your neighbour.
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I did borrow it from a neighbour !!! And to do a job for another neighbour ! The hell with goodwill to all men in future ... Fred |
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Jaeger_S2k
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| fredB wrote: |
| Jaeger_S2k wrote: |
| fredB wrote: |
| He also said that "proper" handymen from Yorkshire (because they're tight) did this cos they had one handle & several heads. And you remove it by dropping it onto the the grip end & the head falls down the shaft. Fred |
I love the reasons for things! :o
Now if you where in Scotland you'd just borrow one from your neighbour.
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I did borrow it from a neighbour !!! And to do a job for another neighbour ! The hell with goodwill to all men in future ... Fred |
Good man, I'll award you an honorary Jock Badge for that!
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