[Shop-talk] Repairing a fiberglass maul handle

[Jack Brooks]

Slow cure marine epoxy.  You want slow cure because it'll cure stronger and
you want a flexible epoxy, or it'll break again.

Jack

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Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 1:02 PM
To: eric at megageek.com
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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Repairing a fiberglass maul handle

JB Weld?


On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 9:17 AM, eric at megageek.com wrote:

> OK, I bought a HD maul with a fiberglass handle.  I've used it for 
> over 20 cords of wood already in the past 2 years.  Here is a link to 
> it on their site...
>
>>
> 
>
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100387771/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalo
gId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=maul&storeId=10051 
> <
>
> As the reviews will tell you, they separate at the top.  Now, its not 
> really broken, just separated.  Does anyone know of any kind of epoxy 
> that I could use on it?
>
> The fit is still good, in fact I split about another 1/8 of a cord 
> after it broke yesterday just by putting it back on after every 4th or 
> 5th log.
>
> Any ideas?  TIA
>
> Eric P
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a 
> rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your 
> territory." Ralph Waldo Emerson 
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