Bought a Nice Spokeshave But Ughhhhhh

[Mike Turner]

I wanted to venture off into handtools somewhat so I bought a nice Stanley 55 concave spokeshave from Ed's Antique Tools in Pittsboro ,NC. He sharpened it before sending and it worked pretty good for a novice like me on it. I tried it out a little while Wed..I wanted to go to shop for a few minutes.....planned only 15 min at most. I had been out there 1 1/2 minutes and dropped it....broke one handle off. It had not occurred to me it was cast iron. I feel like dufuss or something!.....Just feel really beaten up now!
Wowwwwww!!

 

[glenn bradley]

Arrrgh! So sorry that happened.

 

[Darren Wright]

Ouch! Maybe some brazing rod to get it back to functional.

 

[Ryan Mooney]

Huh, yeah most all of the ones I've used were forged not cast. It could be that it was over tempered a smidge on that arm would also have the same problem. Bummer though.

 

[Mike Turner]

Yeah Im not sure on the cast or forged

 

[larry merlau]

try some jb cold weld on it. the value is gone now anyway so anything to get it running again is good

 

[Rick Prosser]

Bummer for sure, but you should be able to get it back into service in some form or fashion.

 

[Leo Voisine]

find a local small welding shop and get it welded. Grind the weld to smooth it out. It can still be a good user tool.

 

[Mike Turner]

Sounds like a good idea....I will!