I have an old spade with a wooden handle. The handle got snapped and I would like to renovate the spade with a new all wood handle whilst retaining the original spade. It therefore requires the old fastening burning out and a new one put in plus a new handle. Does anyone know if there is someone out there that can carry out this repair. I live in the Leeds West Yorkshire area. t is for my mother who has had it for a lot of years and it belonged to her father
If no rivet is supplied you can take a 6" round wire nail with a flat head. Drill a pilot hole in the handle. Pass the nail through, mark it and cut it off proud of the tool. Bash it into shape with a rivet hammer.
Rod, December 2011
Buy a new handle from a Garden Centre or a good hardware store - it will come with an aluminium rivet.
Drill out the old rivet and remove the old wooden handle - trim the new handle to fit if necessary - drill a hole for the new rivet and use something as an anvil while you bash the rivet into a mushroom head shape.
Job done - 10 minutes.
If you're not confident ask an old codger to do it for you for the price of a pint.
