Thread: Proper way to affix 6 pound sledge to hickory handle (metal & woodwedge in slot)?
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Default Proper way to affix 6 pound sledge to hickory handle (metal &wood wedge in slot)?
On Jul 20, 3:27*am, arkland wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:10:29 -0700, RicodJour wrote:
Yep, you must use the wedges.

I was afraid of that.

You need to examine the taper of the hole.The wedges go in the right
way round to expand the wood to fill the taper. Metal wedges are by
far the best in my experience.
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