Tin Falcon
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I think all of us have been faced with a loose head on a hammer. Yes machinists use hammers some times. while cleaning the shop I noticed my favorite old Vaughn layout hammer had a loose head. Oh I know that could put a new handle on it. but the old one has a nice patina and is solid . soak in water ? never liked the idea and will dry out again chair -loc works but have no idea where the bottle is. also it is Sunday afternoon and do not want ot travel to the Big box home improvement store in the next town over all local hardware stores are closed.
so on to the internet for inspiration. Tap the head on with another hammer. not working. soak in linseed oil. Ah inspiration. maybe thinned linseed oil would work better? then the dawn I have french polish mixed up 1/3 linseed oil 1/3 shellac and 1/3 denatured alcohol. so repeated applications of this home brew and the head seem tight add more and more then clean the drips with alcohol. work some more into the voids... I let it dry good for three days now and did a tap test to make sure it is holding so far so good. so Home made Chair -loc. well not exactly the ingredients are different I checked the CL MSDS but it seems to work.
this may be an old wood workers trick and I am likely not the first to try this but it seems to work.
Tin
so on to the internet for inspiration. Tap the head on with another hammer. not working. soak in linseed oil. Ah inspiration. maybe thinned linseed oil would work better? then the dawn I have french polish mixed up 1/3 linseed oil 1/3 shellac and 1/3 denatured alcohol. so repeated applications of this home brew and the head seem tight add more and more then clean the drips with alcohol. work some more into the voids... I let it dry good for three days now and did a tap test to make sure it is holding so far so good. so Home made Chair -loc. well not exactly the ingredients are different I checked the CL MSDS but it seems to work.
this may be an old wood workers trick and I am likely not the first to try this but it seems to work.
Tin