Thread: Why a laminated tiller handle?
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Default Why a laminated tiller handle?
On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:41:57 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

A pick axe handle is usually specified to use the toughest wood
available

Maybe so, but pick handle is not a particularly demanding application.
What needs a handle tougher than any wood is a sledge hammer used to
drive steel wood splitting wedges. One good mi**** and any wood handle
will break. I replaced it with a fiberglass handle when I broke the
wooden one.

Casady
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