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The Natural Philosopher[_2_]

Newshound wrote:
On 20/02/2012 12:22, wrote:
The broom handle has broken near the head.

I want to cut the broken bit of the handle and refit the head

The original handle was reduced in diameter at the end to fit the hole
in the broom head.

The fitting on the head is plastic so can't make hole bigger

I need to reduce the diameter of the handle along a length of 2" to
fit into head. It needs to be uniform for a good fit.

I have no lathe.

I've tried to do this before using a table saw tuning the handle held
against the mitre gauge against the blade.

It sort of works but it really needs a jig of some sort to be safe and
accurate.

Any body got any good ideas other than buy a new broom ?

Chris

I'd go for sanding rather than sawing. I happen to have a bench-mounted
belt sander, and it's not too difficult to do by hand with one of these.
Otherwise, the quick way to sand wood is with a sanding disk in, yes,
you've guessed, an angle grinder. You can finish off by hand with
sandpaper.

power planer works(-ish) at least to pull material off fast.

You could make a pole lathe