Thank you! The first few videos i watched had so much dumb narrative in the beginnings, their 12 minute video could have been MUCH shorter. Your video was concise and covered the material that was needed (aka: exactly what i was looking for when i searched RU-vid on how to replace a handle). Nothing more, nothing less. Thumbs up. Boom.
I took black iron pipe and formed the end, inserted it into a sledgehammer head and welded them together. That sledgehammer has laid down thousands of hard blows on concrete and hangs on my shop wall ready for use, I retired eight years ago. The problem with Fiberglass? Miss once or twice, buy a new one or a new handle.
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I have an Ames handle and the metal clip is angled the other way from this video. Is it manufactured wrong or is that clip supposed to bend around when you pound the handle into the tool? As it is, it is angled to make it difficult to install handle into the tool but seems like it would be easy to remove from the tool. The notch in the fiberglass for the clip does not allow it to be flipped the other way. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I'm wondering if this handle needs to go back to Home Depot?
I love it. That was my problem yesterday. I tried every which way I could and it would not fit into the 12 pound sledge hammer no matter what. I had to grind so much of the fiberglass to get it to fit in it would have been pencil thin with that spring loaded clip. Mine also was from homedepot. The instructions said nothing about the clip and the drawings did not show the clip either. It just showed the neck of the handle up in the sledge. NO mention of the clip anywhere. So, it's been 2 years since you posted this. What did you do and what happened? Thanks.
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv I ended up just putting the fiberglass end of the handle into the sledge hammer hole with the clip resisting the insertion. I kept pounding it in until the fiberglass end was almost coming out of the other end of the hole. Filled with the resin and seems to have held pretty well. I haven't used it extensively since, but did just go out and wack some old tree stumps a number of times to see what happened so I could let you know. Didn't see any evidence afterward of it coming apart. After watching some other RU-vid videos about this, I'm thinking Ames was intending for you to put the sledge hammer over the opposite end from the fiberglass end and slide the hammer all the way down till the fiberglass end was just pulled through and below the hammer hole. That way the clip would have worked better. The problem for me was the hammer hole was not big enough to fit over the flared end that was opposite the fiberglass end.
@@sizzelot So, you did not use that spring loaded clip? and it works just fine? I'm not drilling out that new epoxy I just put in. That stuff is very expensive, wow. I could not figure out how to get it in and go all the way as I did without it. I tried putting the handle in all the way and beating the clip in from the top, but no matter what I did, I could not get it to spread open to put it in. I didn't see that in the video. As I said earlier, there was no instructions on what to do with the clip and nothing in the picture either. would not go in from underneath no how no way. That was even more impossible. Guess it's a magic trick. Thanks sizzelot. Sir sizzelot. 😁 It will have to do until it breaks or something.
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv Yes, I did use the clip and just kept pounding the handle into the hammer until it was in far enough. One good thing about the way the clip is angled is that when I swing the hammer overhead I am pretty confident it will never break free and slide back down the handle and hit me in the head or hands.
@@sizzelot I have no idea how you and he or anyone got that clip in once the handle was in the hammer head. I tried to pry it in and wedge it in and hit it in and I could not get it to go for anything. If mine hits me in the head, there is a chance that the hammer head will break but I will be fine. I will say, what was that? Thanks. 😂
Well, I messed up. I could not get the handle in with that metal piece. I had to grind and grind to get it to fit into my 12 pound sledge. Got it from Home depot. The instructions did not say anything about that metal piece and the drawing pictures did not show it being used. It was difficult enough beating it into place with my 5 pounds hammer to get it stuck and into the right position. It came with the puddy and I pressed it into the underside and then put it upright. I guess I will see if it comes out with the epoxy they supplied. Why would you put that on the handle and then no statement or picture of it being used? Great video and too late. Wish I would of thought about this yesterday morning before I did it. It better be some super duper epoxy to withstand the force of 12 pounds. duh. thanks. 🙄
So, I wish I could say the answer was yes...but honestly removing broken fiberglass handles is the bane of my existence. My strategy is to take a 3 to 5/16" inch drill bit and drill a bunch of small holes through what's stuck in the head. Then I put the head in a vice and take a steel punch and hammer way at bits at a time to get it to come out. -Colyn
@@craythebman5812 That is what I used to get my old rotten rock hard wood handle out with a drill. Just drill drill drill and it falls out. If it has pieces stuck or you can't get out., fiberglass burns very well and smokey. 🙂 pour some gas in the hole and burn it out. add some drops of oil as it burns. it will burn too. oh and do it outside. it stinks and smoke. 🙂
@@douglasflores1462 My metal clip would not fit no how no way. I did so much grinding down to get it to slide in so the top of the handle would be flush with the top of my 12 pound sledge. I guess I will find out if I needed it or not. There was no mention of the clip or the drawings in the instructions showing that clip that came with my handle from homedepot. why would you put something in with a part and no explanation or pictures of it???
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@@bowmanhandlesinc.7140 The home depot handle came with 2 packets of epoxy. It was more than enough and when I mixed it, it was very runny, so I just folded up the cardboard I was mixing it on and poured it in. It was very simple. I mixed it thoroughly and it was runny.
We use Hardman part A and B two part epoxy for when I am pouring a lot of handles. It sets up very quickly and is insanely strong. It does get very very hot though due to the exothermic reaction to be aware of that if you decide to use that over our regular 2 part epoxy kit.
