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| Trying to replace a wooden scoop shovel but the new handle is straight. I could cut it down shorter and just not have it extend down into the aluminum scoop but I think it would support the neck of the scoop better if I could get it down that far. The tip of the new handle is split a ways up. This might help it bent if I soak it. What the trick to this handle replacement?? Thanks
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Kingston,Mi | Search for"wood bending using steam box", looks like a box built of 3/4 inch plywood and a source of boiling water will due the trick. |
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NESD | If you soak it in Anhydrous Ammonia for a while you can tie that handle in a knot, but you have to be fast. |
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| And how long do you soak it? |
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South Texas | Sir,
Old man back in the valley used to toss rough wood chair backs, seats, legs, etc into an old cast iron vat and boil them for a day or so, then fish them out and bend as desired. Probably a day or so for your shovel, I'd guess. I think you'd have to work at it to do it wrong.
Best of luck. Stetts
PS. Always good to see somebody fix the old stuff. Good on you. |
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nw mb | i doubt that will bend like that because the new handle is likely kiln dried. it might i've just never had much luck bending anything other then green or air dried wood |
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NESD | Several years ago I did some research at the library (before the internet) about bending wood, All I remember is that one of the ways to do it was to immerse it in anhydrous, they showed a vessel that was sealed that the wood was placed in and then it was filled with the anhydrous and allowed to soak, as I remember it was not a very long time and then it showed the anhydrous being bled off into a well, I remember the book showing a 2X4 that was tied in a knot after being saturated with the anhydrous, Sorry I can't give any definite details. |
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Central Iowa, Ellsworth | better yet take it back and get the right one. that is the wrong replacement handle. I have done many of em. KB |
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| I didn't see exactly what I was looking for >. I'll have to check on that and see if they have a curved one.
Thanks
Edited by simple man 11/30/2011 16:52
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White Stone, Virginia | Steam bending will do it as said above. You can use an electric tea pot for the steam source. |
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Morris, IL | I'd just take a thin saw and start cutting slits, keep cutting more until you get desired bend, then fill slits with wood glue. I've never done this with a shovel handle so maybe this is a stupid idea. I know grandpa did that a lot while building houses to bend wood, like for example arched garage doors he took the and cut slots and it bend perfectly. Adding the glue should make it stronger than wood or at least thats what i've always been told.
Edited by NEILFarmer 11/30/2011 17:40
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Lac qui Parle County Minnesota | You have the wrong handle. They make one like you need with the bend already there. Much easier to return it than it would be to bend it.
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Western EC Iowa | Hot water will do it if you have it hot enough long enough. I assume it is ash, which bends relatively easily. When I built my canoe I had to bend some strips of ash and glue them together to form the front and back ends. I just cranked up the water heater and filled a 4 inch pvc pipe, put the strips in and waited. Replaced the water once and an hr later they bent like you wouldn't believe. Boil it in a turkey fryer for an hour or two and I bet it will go where you want. Or just get the right handle... |
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E.Central MN | always try to "make something work"? Are we just too cheap to drive back to town??? I have to admit that sometimes we don't get the right handle, etc because we're looking for something at the hardware store or farm supply instead of checking the contractors' suppliers. Local utility company purchased a very good contractor grade shovel but some of their not so careful employees could wreck them before the label came off the shovel. My neighbor would order new handles and fix them when he didn't have anything to do, but mgmt said it wasn't cost effective and told him to throw them away. He took a few of the broken ones home, pretty nice shovels for the cost of a handle. |
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SW Ohio | Could do it like this, or you could get the right one to start with.
http://www.wimp.com/nailtrick/
Sears used to have Craftsman shovels with the lifetime replacement, got about six scoops out of them before they changed policy. |
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central Iowa | A lot of that stuff, the replacement handle is $16 and a new shovel is $18. Bought a new tip for a grease gun once, like $3.50, on shelf below was new grease gun on sale for $5 ! |
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lucknow,ontario | the one guy i co-oped at bent a pool cue in his desk drawr he pulled it out put the drawer hung the pool cue out so 5-6 feet hangen out and hung a work boot on the end for a little weight then took his electric teakettle and steamed it it didnt take too long to bend then he would turn it and bend it in another spot in the end it looked cooked as heck but where your hands slid and the end were all perfectly strait it was a very nice cue but the point is just hold it in something and a boot on the end or maybe a little heavyer and try to stream it you might be pleasently surpriced |
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| I've been known to trying make something out of nothin'---just to see if I can do it------ but this time I"m lookin' to exchange this handle----as soon as I find the receipt. Didn't know they made the curved ones. |
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Mississippi | I've not done it but trim carpenter put downy fabric softener in PVC pipe slipped wood in and slapped a cap on next day the wood trim conformed to arches and angles like a wet noodle. For me I agree with picking up the right handle next trip. |
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How to bend/form a wooden shovel handle? PIC
