Joel_BC
Super Self-Sufficient
I've had reasonable success applying ChairLoc to wooden tool handles, to swell the wood in an axe, hammer, hatchet, etc. I think this is probably a type of product sold under various names in different regions. No matter whether it's a wooden chair or a tool, it acts the same: it seeps into the wood's fibers and swells them. In the case of an axe or something, it tightens the handle in the eye of the metal tool head.
In my experience, it does the job better than antifreeze, which some people recommend for the task ("soak your tool head and top of the handle in a bucket of antifreeze") - and which I have tried numerous times in the past. But I do find that the ChairLoc also eventually loses its influence on the wood, and the tool head gets loose again.
Anyone else used it? Is there a really excellent brand-name product along this line that you can recommend?
In my experience, it does the job better than antifreeze, which some people recommend for the task ("soak your tool head and top of the handle in a bucket of antifreeze") - and which I have tried numerous times in the past. But I do find that the ChairLoc also eventually loses its influence on the wood, and the tool head gets loose again.
Anyone else used it? Is there a really excellent brand-name product along this line that you can recommend?