Thread: Sledgehammer Handle Replacement - Do you need wood and metal wedges?

Originally Posted by DaleBlack

Given it seems so tightly put in and I got some form of wedge in there, wouldnt that be enough? Also i have placed it on the handle the same way it originally came as a Trojan brand sledgehammer?

Hi Dale,
Sorry but I can't definitively answer that question, I guess I haven't enough experience with sledge hammers to say the manufacturer did it wrong. I'm basing my suggestion on my experience with small hammer heads only where an off the shelf handle has never fit a head without adjustment and fitting.

Cheers,

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Here's a link to a description of how somebody replaced a block splitter handle, which is the type of handle I believe you are trying to put into a sledge head.

Striking tools with an eye in the head have a smaller eye on the handle side and a larger eye on the outside to accommodate the wedge spread.
Two metal wedges or timber wedges are used at even spacing running across the head to ensure the handle spreads into the eye.
Before inserting the wedges, trim the handle 2 - 3 mm longer.
Slots need to be cut to for the timber wedges.