[Jewelry making - Article 00452] - Re: [Orchid] Flying Hammers

[Linda Kaye-Moses/Evan Soldinger]

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    Here are a few things that you to help tighten a loosened hammer
    head on a handle: 

    1. Place the head on the handle. Holding the handle vertically with
    the hammer head at the top, place the end of the handle on a firm
    surface, and bang it down on the surface. This should drive the
    hammer head onto the handle securely. 

    2. Next, if the head still seems a little loose, put one drop of the
    liquid that is used to tighten chair rungs on the part of the handle
    that shows through the hammer head. This material causes wood to
    swell; it is NOT Glue. There are two brands that I'm aware of:
    Chair-Loc and Bondex Wood Swell & Lock. USE ONLY ONE DROP. If you
    use too much, that part of the handle will swell too much and the
    wood might split the hammer head or the handle might weaken at that
    point. You might have to apply this material once or twice a year. 

    3. You can also use a small wedge, even a slim rectangle of steel or
    brass sheet will do, hammered into the end of the handle that shows
    through the hammer head, to help spread that end of the handle and
    hold the head on firmly. 

Hope this helps,
Linda
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