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   JohnWW | Oct 22, 2003 06:15pm | #1

   What type of handle mounting, tang or socket?

   John W.

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   BG | Oct 22, 2003 07:07pm | #2

   John,

   Socket....one Japanese, one American

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   AlanTurner | Oct 22, 2003 07:25pm | #3

   Take a thin piece of cotton, e.g., old sheet, do one wrap only on the part of the handle that goes into the socket, add a few dorps of BLO to moisten the cloth, set it tight and wait a day.  It should never move again.

   Alan

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   JohnWW | Oct 22, 2003 08:07pm | #4

   "dorps of BLO"?, you probably mean drops of BLO.  But what is BLO?, it's probably obvious but I'm not coming up with it.

   John W.

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   rreeger | Oct 22, 2003 08:10pm | #5

   BLO - Boiled Linseed Oil...  Probably.

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   JohnWW | Oct 22, 2003 08:28pm | #7

   Rookie,

   Thanks for the help.

   John W.

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   JohnWW | Oct 22, 2003 08:27pm | #6

   BG,

   What has probably happened is the handles have shrunk a little as the moist Summer air has been replaced by drier Fall weather, accelerated, perhaps, by having had the heat running in your shop.  Usually the handles can just be driven a little deeper in their sockets to tighten them up. 

   If your handles won't go in deeper, either the tip of the handle is bottoming out inside of the socket or the handle's shoulder is up against the top of the socket.  In the first case trimming off the tip of the handle will correct the problem.  If the shoulder is bottoming out, it needs to be trimmed back slightly which can be done with a sharp bench knife.

   The alternative, which will work just as well, is to enlarge the bottom of the handle which was suggested in an earlier answer.  I guess I'm being a bit of a purist, but I prefer to fit the handle rather shim it out.

   John W.

   
   

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   Edited 10/22/2003 1:29:01 PM ET by JohnW

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   BG | Oct 23, 2003 12:15am | #8

   John,

   Thanks, I went down stairs and examined them a bit more closely.  Of course, now I can't get them apart.  When it happens again, I'll start with triming the end in case it's bottoming out.  If that doesn't work I'll consider triming the shoulder, but the shoulders are fairly thick...I would probably try the BLO and cotton sheet as a #2 alternative...and shoulder triming as a last resort.  thanks

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   JohnWW | Oct 23, 2003 01:04am | #9

   BG,

   Just to clarify, if the shoulder is the problem, it will be obvious because the shoulder will be touching the metal at the top of the chisel's socket, you'll usually only have to trim it back about a 16th of an inch to solve the fit problem.

   John W.