Glue for a fiberglass sledge handle

[aidan]

I have a fiberglass sledge handle to glue in

Its one of these here https://www.amazon.com/Temper-36-In...=8-4&keywords=fiberglass+handle+sledge+hammer

I got 2part epoxy with it, but unfortunatley during attempt 1 at install it leaked out so now I have to start from scrach again

Im not too worried about cleaning it all up nice and shiny, I have a die grinder for that

However I need to buy more epoxy, what would people recommend ?

The epoxy needs to glue the fiberglass handle to the steel sledge head

I drilled out the old epoxy which had glued it in, it had properties similar to concrete

 

[tinman]

there could be better stuff out there but ive had good success (not gluing sledge handles mind) with the gorilla 2 part epoxy glue you get in most hardware stores, iirc about a tenner for it.

 

[pycoed]

I've not glued in a fibreglass handle, but fibreglass resin & hardener would surely do the job?

 

[Dry Rot]

If it's broken once.....and cheaper than that Gorilla stuff! When I was a lad, we'd have had some pieces of ash stuck up in the rafters of the barn for just such an occasion. None of your shop bought rubbish.

https://www.axminster.co.uk/faithfull-hickory-sledge-hammer-handle-ax909213

 

[aidan]

there could be better stuff out there but ive had good success (not gluing sledge handles mind) with the gorilla 2 part epoxy glue you get in most hardware stores, iirc about a tenner for it.

When that sets does it get hard as concrete

 

[tinman]

pretty much.

 

[Matt L]

Going to agree with dry rot. Wooden handle every time

 

[ACEngineering]

I just bin mine and get a new one from screwfix about £15 or £20 I think.

Surely not worth the hassle!

 

[tinman]

i was chattin a man the other day and he was telling me about a lad who was penny wise and pound foolish.

 

[Lucy @ Farm Marketplace]

https://www.marketplace.farm/?subca...ecurity_hash=cc52d1e64054d171a8c2d5b6033c5d48

Gorilla Glue on TFF Farm Marketplace

 

[v8willy]

I just bin mine and get a new one from screwfix about £15 or £20 I think.

Surely not worth the hassle!

Same here, on the first fiberglass handle one....after snapping a wooden one & just missing the brothers head when it broke

 

[ACEngineering]

Same here, on the first fiberglass handle one....after snapping a wooden one & just missing the brothers head when it broke

Wood or Fibre glass I break um all

 

[2CE]

I've just done one using a pack of this:

https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/potting-compounds/1991418/

Be aware that you can't just glue the head on - you have to fit the handle tight with wedges first and then use the epoxy to fill the gaps and stop any movement between the shaft and the head.

Before anyone else comments, yes a hickory handle is cheaper and nicer to handle, but they don't last as long as fibreglass when left down a mine.