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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:49 pm
by andpartington
I have just broken my sledge hammer and am fed up with refitting hickory ones. Are the fibre glass handles any good and can I fit one on to by old one (it was my granddads and it would be a shame to scrap it)
or where are the best hickory ones sold cos b and q ones are shit
andy
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:57 am
by lutonlagerlout
i used to break 1 a week in my youth, generally through misuse,they are pretty hard to break unless you keep missing and hitting the handle (which was what i was doing)
i prefer wood
LLL
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:05 am
by Mikey_C
Personally I am a fibreglass man I have never had one break yet but have lost at least three wooded ones: Sledge hammer head fell off due to wood worm, pick axe broke because I was using it to try and lever too much weight, club hammer broke due to the miss use, as described by LLL.
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:05 pm
by Stuarty
I like wooden shafts. I feel the fibreglass ones flex a bit much which i dont like. Mind you, i dont like the watching the head of the hammer hurtling through the air when the shaft goes heh :p
My boss sends his father in law to get all the shafts we need, he will sift through hundreds untill he finds a good shaft.
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:41 pm
by Rich Payne
Stuarty wrote:he will sift through hundreds untill he finds a good shaft.
Should you be mentioning this on a forum that may be read by minors ? 
Andy, aren't glass shafts factory bonded ? It sounds like time to retire your grandad's hammer. Look for a nicely figured piece of hickory, give it a rub of linseed, hang it above the fireplace and just use it for keeping the kids in line :O
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:14 am
by Suggers
Still using hickory for drumsticks - (why is it all American?)
Tried a pair of carbon-fibre for acouple of nights, got tennis-elbow for 18 months - marvellous.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:27 am
by andpartington
Rich Payne wrote:Stuarty wrote:he will sift through hundreds untill he finds a good shaft.
Should you be mentioning this on a forum that may be read by minors ?
Andy, aren't glass shafts factory bonded ? It sounds like time to retire your grandad's hammer. Look for a nicely figured piece of hickory, give it a rub of linseed, hang it above the fireplace and just use it for keeping the kids in line :O
It sounds like time to retire your grandad's hammer. Look for a nicely figured piece of hickory, give it a rub of linseed, hang it above the fireplace and just use it for keeping the kids in line :OCode: Select all
lol i think u are right
it not a tool i use that often but every time i do it it cost me a fiver for a new handle
o and i am getting good at not using the shaft as a hammer these days
andy[/color]
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:39 am
by seanandruby
had to use plastic, or, f'glass sledge when doing groynes on the beach. timber used to rot with salt water.