glue for hammers

[Richard Brekne]

This is my experience as well.  Actually I'd rephrase the statement to 
just read "if the shanks are appropriately knurled, there is no 
problem...."  Again... most of the glues used are not meant to be used 
as fillers. Nearly every hammer I've seen come loose through the years 
were detectably loose fitting. Seems to me like the "filler" is what 
breaks... not the glue adhesion to the wood parts. 

You dont need a lot of glue to do a lot of good... any more then you do 
when you glue two flat pieces together and clamp them.

Cheers
RicB


    If a good knurler is used and the shanks are properly knurled,  there
    is no problem in dry fitting them in such a way that they can be
    aligned fore and aft etc.  Then the expansion of the shank makes a
    tight fit to the hammer bore hole, as you say.

    The problem is that few people own a good knurler, and that they are
    not available through the big box suppliers.

    Jurgen Goering