Don't Throw Away That Broken Pitchfork 

So... a couple things, from one farmer to another. One, while the glue may help hold the handle on the first fork, physics has been working wonders for years. Take a thin sloped wedge or two - like a small chopstick that tapers towards one end - and put them in the hole, leaving just enough room so that you can get the tang of your tool head in between, and then tamp it into the hole. This will drive the wedges in with the head, compressing head and wedges into the handle in such a way that you'll have to really want to pull it out (and likely need mechanical assistance) to separate them again. If you're just putting a wooden rod into a hole, you can cut a slot in the rod and then just barely tap a flat wedge in, thin end facing into the rod, and then insert the rod into the hole and tamp it in. Same principle applies but even better - as the rod goes into the hole, the wedge is driven into the rod, expanding it and holding it in place. Second thing - I'm 6 minutes in and watched you slice half a metal cylinder up one side fairly easily using your angle grinder, and now I'm watching you struggle with a screwdriver and pliers to pry the cylinder off. Are you saving it? I'd have cut the plastic one off in favor of the metal, but that's just me. Anywho, you've got 360 access and an angle grinder, so pick it up and slice the other side of the same cylinder, and it'll fall off. No prying required.

Great video! Very cool! Thanks!

Excellent video. I'll definitely be doing this here soon.

Thank you for sharing!

Great work

heya nice repair of your tools keep up the good work

Thank you for the kind video. I believe you have the fork heads on in the wrong orientation, by 180 degrees.

Good job!

Nice Job Jason ! I Was Waiting for that glue to Sqirt you When you pushed the fork into the handle ! You Got lucky though ! Nice job !

Wow, the amount of work that second took would make me just buy a new pitchfork. My pitchfork also broke like that. I drilled out as much as possible and took the rest to my barbecue grill. I fired up some coals and sat the tines in the coals and let it burn the remainder out. Just an idea.

I don’t trust anyone talking garden tools unless there’s a barn in the background and a rooster crowing in the distance

I put the broken pitchfork end with the steel cover in a fire and burned the wood out.

Gorilla glue is the best I use it all the time! Great video! God bless! Tony n Lee Ann

How has it been holding up?

The best thing that glue does is keep moisture out.

You do not have to cut the metal cooler off, completely. I just cut mine back about three inches and then spread the end of the cooler with a screwdriver. I then just pulled the tines out. I had my hammer ready incase I had to tap them out. I did not. I installed the tines in a new handle the same way you did - wire wheeled the tang and coated it and the hole with glue.. I then drove them into the handle with a hammer.

Harbor freight grinder? i love mine got it on sale for like 9 bucks the lady at check out asked me do you want the extended warranty i gave her the look and before i could say really she seen my face and said sorry i have to ask...lol

REALLY unsafe grinder use.

Handles cost more than new tools.

Gorilla glue? Brilliant! I usually just use duct tape

What about a Root Fork they take a lot more of a beating popping out roots and the levrege and pressure put on a plastic sleeve and gorila glue tip does not seem like it will go the mile but then I have not tryed yet but?? Good video other wise and completely right on the aspect of being in the mood, ready to roll , out there hustlin' Makin ' good time workin' on a beautiful day and head fly's off ( that had me laughing ! Been there many times ) always seems to be that day though when everything else is going well ! Sometimes gods' a real asshole ! I spite him and bring two of everything to the job now

Throw it in the bushes.

Worst idea I've ever heard of, glue on a hand tool that I use all the time.

When those handles break again you won’t be able to use those pitchfork heads anymore.