Gorilla Glue?

the foam expands and becomes brittle I use it a lot at work. I don't think it is what you are looking for I wouldn't expect it to hold up very long if chopping throwing very hard at all.
 
762 Shooter is right -- Gorilla Glue is not the best choice for a wood to metal bond. It is a polyurethane glue that works best on wood. An epoxy like JB Weld would be a much better choice...
 
I attached the 3.5 pound head on the hickory handle of my 28" "truck axe" with Gorilla glue and had an excellent outcome.
I cleaned up the head and scored the inside surface lightly with a dremmel, rasped the handle to fit by try-fitting the head as I went, filing at the shiney areas that resulted from the tight spots until I had a good fit all around. dampened the sufaces, G-glue, tapped the head down snug, G-glue and drove the wood wedge, then drove in the steel cross wedge, and that sucker is tight and solid!
For a working axe, I would do exactly the same again.
 
I have a suggestion to make as far as securing either an ax bit or a maul head in a new handle. And I don't mean to say anything negative about Gorilla Glue because I have used it for a couple of projects myself. Also I am not trying to take the thread in a different direction because there are some good posts to consider.

But there is a product made by DAP called "Wood Swell & LOCK". What this stuff does when you put it on bare wood is that it causes it to swell up.

When you are sizing up a new ax eye handle all you do is just put a liberal amount of this Wood Swell Lock fluid on the part of the handle that's inside the ax bit or Maul head and then drive your wooden wedge into the center, pre-cut groove. Then after that drive a small, sharp metal wedge in the middle of the wide wood wedge. I just started using that Wood Swell Lock fluid on the last 2 mauls I have re-handled and it seems to be doing great when doing it like I just describe. Good Luck on whatever method you use and let us know how it works. JD
 
Just get used to tapping the head back in now and again. If you plan on throwing a lot then tapping the head is part of the deal.
 
Just remember that if you use glues or epoxies to hold on an axe head to a wooden handle that one day you WILL have to get all that stuff off when the handle does eventually break. And that will be a PITA.

That said, if you are convinced you need adhesives, take a look in Home Depot. They sell a 2-part epoxy kit just made for tool handles and it does work really well. I used it on my axe and have literally pounded the heck out of it w/o any hint of loosening. I will however probably have to buy a new one when the handle finally goes because I doubt I'll ever be able to get that stuff off and the old stump out. If I were to do it again, I would go the boiled linseed oil route first.
 
To put it plain and simple, I used Gorilla Glue to add tightness to the head of my Cold Steel War Hammer and shaft. My friends and I have thrown it at trees, etc., and have had no poor resullts. The head still holds. I will post pics soon. Gorrila Glue is my choice for this type of thing! It has some give, expands at it dries, and isn't brittle in the end. I HIGHLY recommend it for this scenerio!
 
I also use gorilla glue. Not for it's stickiness but because it expands and fills all voids and really tightens everything up. Then I continuously apply boiled linseed oil and it keeps everything tight.
 
I've tried, but never really found a use for the stuff. It's a novelty for the weekend warrior.
 
Something is amiss with your fitting technique if you have to resort to socking glue to it in the hope it will stay together. Gluing a wedge before driving it in is fairly common practice though.
 
Glue makes everything harder to remove if you got a bad hang or the handle eventually breaks, that's why I never use glue plus it's no replacement for a good proper hang. Have you ever heard of swell lock ?
 
Hickory n steel said:
Glue makes everything harder to remove if you got a bad hang or the handle eventually breaks, that's why I never use glue plus it's no replacement for a good proper hang. Have you ever heard of swell lock ?
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Swell lock is a glue actually.
 
Ryvax said:
I also use gorilla glue. Not for it's stickiness but because it expands and fills all voids and really tightens everything up. Then I continuously apply boiled linseed oil and it keeps everything tight.
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I sincerely hope not to be standing opposite you when you're swinging a maul and that miraculous bond suddenly fails. If you're really keen to fill voids with adhesive that actually has slight give to it and is tough as nails set your next head in PL Premium construction adhesive.
 
I have used Swell Lock (it used to also be called Chair Lock) for 25+ years when hanging many axes. Apply it to the haft and the wedge. In all that time I have never seen it "glue" the wedge to the haft. When one of the above hafts was removed the wedge seperated from the haft without any problem. If Swell Lock is a glue, it sure does not work very good.
 
Now that is some epic thread necro action right there - 10 years old. There were members posting who joined in the 90s!!!!! I don't know what DPG is - other than it is Swel-lock - but it is sold for use in cosmetics. I get it, lots of nasty stuff goes into cosmetics but I'm not sure it would be especially useful in that arena if it glued things together. It was also listed as an "oil" when I bought it. It never felt sticky the way BLO does. It just stays oily. Take it for whatever it's worth.
 
I was Under the impression that swel lock was the same thing as wonderlockem, which is a strong adhesive. My bad.
 
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