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[@estebanmiguel6019]

You make your dad proud! Every man out there would love to have a son like you.

[@stanleygraber6847]

The tool you need is on the workbench. Take your torch and heat it up. It won't get hot enough to hurt the temper on the head. If you char the outside of the wood slightly it will fall right out.

[@jonathangardner4475]

I actually spent a few hours a few days ago trying to remove handles! I think they heat and add moisture to curve the wood into the head. The nicer tools seem made that way.

[@stanleygraber6847]

@@jonathangardner4475 I think you're probably correct. I guess I should have been more clear. Use the blow torch to remove broken handle. Just heat the head, and the wood inside chars slightly, loosening the handle.

[@S.R.Backwoods1]

@@stanleygraber6847 you’re right.

[@rogerringold616]

Yep.

[@tomsommer54]

Exactly. This poor guy is trying though. LOL

[@HippocratesGarden]

As a wee lad in Arkansas, we farmed rice. I "accidentally" broke a couple of shovel handles in maybe a week. My father didn't yell and didn't chastise me, he merely welded a steel pipe onto the shovel and informed me, that was the only one I was allowed to use from that point on.

[@originaldanman]

I first drill mine out, and if they are not split I cut a slit in the steel to separate if I need to. Also, the best handle is a pole from a chain link fence, takes about 10 minutes and it's not any heavier then a wooden handle. The only down side is that it gets hot if you leave it in the sun. All my gardening tools get steel handles, and you can find them for free in dumpsters.

[@jackjohnson291]

I like metal for anything that takes lots of abuse, but it also can get slippery when wet, in addition to getting hot in the sun. Of course, a little bit of Wilson wrap or the like is a big help for both.

[@TheRainHarvester]

Trampoline poles are the same diameter!

[@patty9265]

Thank you Billy for teaching this young man skills. We need more of this with are young men and boys AND girls. Thanks for that information William.

[@NoLongerAnything2SeeHere]

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[@tallcedars2310]

In Canada, the shovel is priced at $14 while the replacement handle is priced at $26. This helps us continue to buy new instead of learning the skill you have shown here, thank you. Tip: buy the shovel and remove the handle to put on the older shovel, that is likely better quality than the new one😂

[@dylanramm522]

I thought he was gonna use a branch off the farm

[@iansings7428]

@@dylanramm522 a branch off the farm, much better than most store bought handles.

[@michaeleshbaugh6797]

This is too funny😂

[@RoyatAvalonFarms]

Im glad you pointed out the orientaion of the grain. I actually look for that when i have to buy a new tool to start with and also with the replacements. That was actually one of the best lessons i learned from a college professor. He was an old dude who grew up on a cotton farm in LA and often told stories from his farming youth and incorporated into some classroom lesson. Ive forgotten much of the academic lessons from those days, but have never forgotten and often apply the lesson about grain orientation for wood handles, and even other applications of wood. Thanks much for what you all do.

[@D-B-Cooper]

I’ve had the same shovel for 40 years, have changed the handle 4 times and the head twice.

[@SasquatchBioacoustic]

I've found a good rasp does a great job removing the shoulder and then putting some curve on the end to fit deeper into the shovel collar.

[@RoyatAvalonFarms]

Great video William. Damn, you ARE your fathers son for sure. I almost thought i was watching Billy in his younger version through all of this.

[@SilverLining650]

Thanks William! I was given a broken shovel with rivet. Now I know how to replace the handle.

[@theElderberryFarmer]

Nicely done, William! And the short scene at the end showing how to propagate comfrey was a great bonus! Take care and God Bless.

[@bruceallen6377]

Great channel! An old timer taught me about running the grains properly in a handle along time ago. Manufactures deliberately offset the grains in the handles so that the shovel will break hence making you have to go out and buy a new one. Think of a long bow and how the grains are positioned for maximum flex without breaking, this is easy to look up if you don’t know what I mean. You simply install the handle in the same fashion as you intend to handle to bend on the shovel just like a bow. and believe it or not Hickory really is one of the best to use, never heard of anyone using locus so I’m curious as to how well it works. Thanks for your channel!

[@DefaultName-vk7ok]

That is the result of A1 parenting right there. Very knowledgeable and super composed. A1 from Day1 huh Billy and Michelle!

[@DrtERotinBasstrd]

Reuse the first handle for a baton making kindling for fires.

[@ThePowermountain]

Best channel on YT! Love the energy and vibe of your whole family! I always learn something. God Bless!

[@Skashoon]

Got some good pointers from you today, William. I’ll be sanding mine and applying walnut oil. Fortunately, all of my handles are in good shape because I don’t have a vise, scraper, draw knife….I have a screwdriver, hammer and torch.

[@andrewhammill6148]

The one you couldn't get the handle out: Take an old heavy duty flat head screwdriver and line it up with where the metal on the shovel wraps around and meets. Hammer it in between the seem and it opens up enough to get the handle out. Of course, this method would be a lot easier if you hadn't already cut the handle off, but you could probably use some vice grips to help with that on the remaining handle.

[@Joan-ej7wv]

Thank you for sharing. and now I now how to do that. My Comfrey is doin very well that I purchased from you all. Thanks again.

[@bonniebon7335]

Important video for me. Thanks! My new pitchfork is good, but it WAY heavy. Now I can rehandle my old pitchfork.

[@camicri4263]

Great video William! Thank you!🤗❤️

[@rodneytodd3187]

Try boiling the shovel head to soften the wood, then use a piece of rebar to beat it from the backside.

[@kurtandlazanneilander724]

Boy, on the pimpcast you weren't kiddin about the fridges!

[@frosticreviews3019]

Found this after your confessionals episode. Never been so into shovels… Great channel in all seriousness!

[@LoriSeaborg]

Great timing for me, my shovel broke recently. Thanks for content like this, y’all.

[@billbennett2289]

Bill, thanks for the video. I appreciate you guys. Thanks for being integral, and showing /telling us of the "unforeseen" difficulties that inevitably pop up! I have had to drill into the handle stub, and then burn the handle out. I have done that by laying the handle at the edge of a burn pile, and I have used a propane torch.

[@ArcsandSparks315]

When my shovel brakes I get some fence top rail metal galvanized pipe and weld it to the shovel head. Lasts for years.

[@ryangrimm9305]

A decent tutorial. I've been replacing tool handles out of dire neccessity for most of my life, being broke and all, and I assure you that what you're doing is good. It is ABSOLUTELY OK to show any oops problems in the tutorial, as this shows your ability to overcome problems as they appear. I recommend before you do your next show & tell, reflect on your experience and whatever source materials you can find (books are OK, and always reference them), THEN script your presentation. This will give a smoother presentation. One other thing is, find and show how to turn the edge of a scraper card, which BTW does NOT have to be purchased, but can be made out of an old scrap handsaw blade. Also consider showing how you can cut the blade, deburr it and make custom scrapers for inside and outside curves....this will prove VERY useful on future projects, and adds to your experience.

[@mattcaluda]

thank you for the info. growing up in the 60s as i did in a rural area our tools needed to last and repaired when needed. we had what my dad called rehandling day. all the tools that were broken were repaired. looking back those were fun times. learned alot from my dad

[@sappir26]

I love a video that gives more tips than one. Great addition at the end about the comfrey propagation. 👍I wish my grandchildren would be watching these kind of videos instead of wasting their time on stupid video games all the time.

[@marianhaines7954]

Wow, You packed several lessons in one video! I learned a lot! Thanks for doing this video.

[@michaelhoggard591]

Great infp William! Thanks!

[@rafioli6851]

Good walkthrough. Glad you didn't edit out the fail parts. It's good to know I'm not the only one that struggles and troubleshoots in the shop. For the card scraper "burr", I think for card scrapers it's referred to as a "hook"

[@spagsunfiltered]

At least this wasn't another video of William haphazardly swinging an axe at any angle he decides and rapidly splitting all the wood while making us all feel bad about ourselves.....😂😂

[@kimkramarski-smith774]

Spags you're so crazy , lol.

[@marklandess9987]

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[@vickiduggan7553]

Perfect timing for my household! Thank you for your fine explanations👏

[@rickysens597]

"Nothing like a good piece of hickory".....Clint Eastwood

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Thank you for the reminder. I've got 3 handles to replace this wknd.😊

[@CleaveMountaineering]

Very nice. I like to find old tools and make or put new handles on. I just found 2 shovels and a shovel head free in someone's spring clean up trash. I just refinished the handles for now as they're weathered but undamaged. Caution, the drawknife can go too deep quite easily so the spokeshave is better for smoothing and the card scraper like you used for finishing. Next we want to see you make your own shovel handle from a tree!

[@rebornkingofthule7067]

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[@carolmalko615]

This is a great skill to know on a farm or any home actually. Thanks William for the lesson.

[@joemccarthywascorrect6240]

See the bend in the ferrule? You need to soak the wood for at least a couple days so that it can flex as you drive it out . . . died handle wood in an Nadler ferrule is next to impossible to remove, even without adhesives. You’d be better off with an old auger bit and a narrow chisel if you don’t soak it. Likewise, you need to soak the end of the new handle if you intend for it to flex sufficiently to make it to the bottom of the bent ferrule.

[@patrickgoss1428]

Thank you sir. I actuall have a couple shovels waiting to have thier handles replaced. But now i want to see the video of you trying to remove the last piece of the first shovel. 😂😂 Looks like that may have some educational value too.

[@sonjamccart1269]

Love this, love this. I am sure my dad knows how to do things like this, but not having him live near me means that he won't get to share his skills built up over the many years he has been farming.

[@rickthelian2215]

This one I prepared earlier😊 Thanks for the tutorial of changing out a shovel handle

[@elwyncuster6360]

I've had some handles i had to burn out. You did well.

[@oldman_eleven]

Me too. PIA

[@whitefeather572]

Valuable information! Thanks y’all!

[@diehrc]

thank you so much for this! I learned a lot, you explained it very well!

[@AlleyCat-1]

Perfect timing my friend. We've got several tool head's to replace & 1 is my irrigation/digging shovel that one of my boy's broke. This will give them (& me) another way of doing it. We've still have the shank left in to get out. 😊 Do you guy's ever use the Russian Comfrey or just the other (I forget the name)? I have some of the Russian Comfrey, it doesn't get as big as the other type of Comfrey or seem to grow back in the same spot either. Was just curious. 🤔😊🙏

[@lola8590]

Great video, wonderful and handsome young man!

[@jonchesterpt953]

I’ve thrown my shovel in the fire to burn the wood out of the shovel with no effort. Just pull it out of the fire the next day and cut rivets out and re-handle.

[@TheRainHarvester]

I paint the handles with outdoor paint so i can leave them outdoors where they are convenient. (Just a few well used shovels).

[@stevenjordan6389]

Gap the steel collar with chisel or strap stee; on the shovel end before hammering .Alitte heat on the shovle wouln't urt and leave more wood on handle to twist back and forth.I have did a few handles.And last gap the crack open enough to run a thin blade grinder through wood.

[@margonyman7530]

That was very informative. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@nates2526]

My Milwaukee portaband is one of my favorite tools. Cool to see you use one too.

[@robertmiller5735]

fire , lay the handle part , NOT the "spoon" in a bed of wood fire coals for about 1/2 hours the metal will burn the handle enough to pop it out , you want about 1/8 inch burn around the waste handle .

[@ronaldclemons5520]

Nice job. Thank you for sharing🙂

[@robertlivingston1634]

I don't know about varnish causing blisters but I do know that callouses prevent them.

[@a.joegevara3519]

I replace all my handles with steel, usually 1" EMT, and cap the ends so no water gets in. I have 40 years of building pools & garden ponds. So I'm kinda a shovel snob myself.

[@homesteadingpastor]

Great informative video my friend. Nice job. 😇🙏🏻🙌🏻👍🏻

[@adamcolclasure8254]

Pre drill for a lengthy lag bolt and I'm mean long. You have to pre drill so that you're not expanding the wood. You need at least 2 to 3 inches of bolt in solid wood. Get a thick heavy duty washer at least 3/4 diameter. Then you'll need a length of pipe that will slide back and forth with a decent range of motion between the shovel head and the washer. Set your shovel upside down in the vice and voila you've got yourself a little slide hammer for taken out broken handles.

[@laraeljohnson8518]

Thank you William for a video that goes full circle showing how the shovel held up after replacing the handle and digging. I am interested on the different ways your family uses comfry. I wonder though if you could put the shovel in a slow fire and let the wood burn out inside would that work?

[@evanhawk2574]

Option 1,the first removal. I saw right off,you had angle of punch way off. Lean it back to almost the shovel head. & Make sure pipe, all thread,etc.8s wide as will fit. Shoulve worked fine. Oh & lay it on other side of vice & loosen completely.just sit it in there,with footpart rest on vice. Try it?

[@oldman_eleven]

I had to do one that was real stuck. I used a blow torch to heat the glue and then drilled bits of it out until i could get it to pull. Pain in the Biden for sure.

[@jerriscollins-ruth9019]

Thank you. Billy. I need to do that on 2 of mine.

[@scotthamilton007]

This guy rocks. He’d be a friend if we ever met. I owe him a beer for this video.

[@455buick6]

Do yourself a big favor and buy 16" spade for that kind of digging, keep it sharp and oiled so it doesn't rust, it'll last a lifetime, had mine over 40 years, it'll go through any kind of soil easily, it also cuts roots like no other shovel

[@MHow1900]

You could just buy Bully brand tools. I have had my shovel for 15 yrs, stores outside, and well abused. Works like a champ!

[@climatechangelumber5480]

Try drilling a ..half inch hole.. as deep as you can. Then bake it near a fire 🔥 to super dry it, shrink it. Then it will indeed tap out of the ring

[@nonyabusiness9747]

I like using metal top fence railing for a shovel mod.

[@kimkramarski-smith774]

Great skill to know. As you get old like me , fiberglass handle lol. Hdl=Handle.

[@andrewspeir5047]

Thanks William!

[@mortneff4674]

Considering the cruve in that Handle you could have augered it but burning it out would have worked better!

[@kimmiller3135]

Hdl. Stands for handle, it's the abbreviation.

[@conniegraves1773]

I do like this video. Showed me a lot. Thank you

[@whitepinehomestead]

You have as many fridge and freezers we do!!! I feel better I'm not alone, lol!

[@stevenjordan6389]

Also frezze handle and heat shovel with oilon handel.

[@vernonquarles1740]

Hammering down works better than sideways.

[@kathleenmead9259]

good job William

[@pauljarine]

Is black locus the same as Kiawe? Thank you.

[@S.R.Backwoods1]

Good video! Taught me a couple new things. Sounds like you are somewhat familiar with knives-I heard you refer to super steels and also a burr, which would pertain to knife sharpening. Am I correct with my speculation?

[@yvettekinchking8838]

You made me laugh 😅😅😅 the stubborn handle

[@janew5351]

Would it be possible to put new long handle on a trowel or would you loose the lever feature? Senior alteration so you don't have to bend down.

[@ladyryan902]

@jane w. Lol that's brilliant I would try that!!

[@timheiler5829]

Thanks I believe I asked for ya to make a video like this I have all sorts of tools to re handle

[@claytonsimplot9554]

I was hoping you would show how to remove the handle . Mine is wedged in also. If I soaked the shovel in water would that help?

[@timkirkpatrick9155]

Rusted in oil it and wait a few days the use the rebar drift.

[@bentimberfalling]

House handle company has some great handles and they're all made in the USA

[@cherylsxavier2975]

I have 2 pitch forks that need handles on them. But they have a rod going into the handle. Do you know how I could put the handle back on these? I want to keep them cause they were my Dad's tools and he is gone now.

[@ArizonaTraditionalOutfitters]

Great video.

[@donscottvansandt4139]

Very good information...

[@gregorymacneil2836]

So here is my two cent opinion. 1 If you are afraid to pound on your machinist vise then you need a new vise or a stronger bench. 2. Long handled pointed shovel heads are generally speaking either stamped or forged. Forged are stronger, heavier, more expensive and will last a lifetime without flexing or bending (which makes them easier to use if you actually dig as opposed to just move lose material). 3. For some reason the wooden handle on my long handed forged steel pointed shovel has never broken. I suspect it is the overall quality of the product. It is 30 years old, regularly used for digging in rocky soil and never loaned. 4. Pointed shovels should be accompanied by a digging bar, pick or a backhoe unless you like replacing handles. If used around a backhoe buy a cheap stamped steel shovel because it will likely only be used for moving dislodged or lose material, left on the site, go missing and probably be driven over. Don’t hold on to it while it is being driven over!

[@jgg7377]

What is comfrey? What is it good for? Where does it grow? Is it a plant you can find out in the woods? I think I would have just bought a new shovel a metal one lol 😂

[@shanel9939]

No sure how you made the shovel better, just changed the handle? I always drill a hole in the handle and put in a 5-8 Inch re-bar, so it can he really yanked on amd not break the handle. They last many years that way.

[@robertlong1234]

My dad, at this point, put them into the firepit. Problem solved quickly.

[@douglasbaskett2298]

HDL = handle. Great job William

[@WORDversesWORLD]

I can tell you how I stop my help from breaking tools, weld an steel handle on it, problem solved!

[@richardhawkins2248]

Manufactured handles don't come from split wood.

[@kenadamson4535]

... You can take a sawzall and cut a slot in the wood frim the underside of the shovel head through to the metal on the front side and you should be able to remove the wood with a long flat head screw driver or a 1'4" chisel could work also, too ... wish you luck and thanks for the great content you and your family share with us on YT ...

[@salvatoredelgaudio5952]

I always just threw mine in a fire and burned it away. Works like a charm

[@Chad-em2fg]

That’s the wrong handle for shovel. You need one that’s heated with steam and formed to fit shovel curvature

[@crazydumbsick]

possible a mini hacksaw($6-10) could be used too🤔(save money) or just buy the blade ($2-13) and take your time. (little dangerous) for the rivets. may be a spring clamp ($1.00 at homedepot) or c clamp ($5-6) buy/free scrap sheet of wood or may be pallet to hold down the shovel(harbor fright has vice for $30-40 if you got bench/table). also in my research looking at handle($10-25), the handle market is overpriced. shovels ($10-40) so cheapest scenario is hacksaw blade ($2), spring clamp ($1), shank wooden handle, ($10) free pallet and concert, drill corded/less(new $14-20/38)(used $10 corded) rivets/bolt&nut ($4/0.40) and (with rivet) propane torch ($40) . $10.40-61 dollars for the project. cost of tools and materials can be a Hender to some. fix or buy is the question?

[@1guysmilely]

Lol he’s awesome!!