How to tighten mould handles

[burch]

Title says it all. I`m pulling my hair out with these handles. So how do you keep `em from slipping and turning and trying to come off etc.

[SciFiJim]

If you are talking about the wooden handle coming off of the metal part, try JB Weld. You can also try drilling through the wood and metal and pinning the handles back on.

[UweJ]

2 comp.glue will hold the handles onto the metall.Had to do the same on all my handles after a while.
Uwe

[DLCTEX]

+1 on the JB weld.

[burch]

Thank you gentlemen, JB it is

[kyle623]

gorilla glue works good for me

[rhbrink]

Get some high temp. silicone gasket maker at auto supply store guaranteed that works.

[Dennis Eugene]

Shucks I just rammed some tooth picks into mine, seems to work fine, every couple thousands boolits I may need a new tooth pick tho. Dennis

[runfiverun]

i did like dennis except i use brads cause i got some.

[fatnhappy]

Shucks I just rammed some tooth picks into mine, seems to work fine, every couple thousands boolits I may need a new tooth pick tho. Dennis

Careful, Dennis is a logger. His idea of a tooth pick might be 30' long and 2' in diameter.



I use liquid nails. ymmv

[qajaq59]

I whittled down a match stick for mine. Worked fine.

[Calamity Jake]

I drill thru the wood and steel with a 3/32 drill then install a 3/32 roll pin, no more loose handles, ever.

[JMtoolman]

I have used the high temp. red silicone gasket squeezed into the handle, then let set overnight. They haven't become loose in twenty years. Problem solved!
Best regards, John the toolman.

[putteral]

+1 on Gorilla Glue.

[leftiye]

FWIW, I've used muffler putty. Hasn't let go yet. I used it to make a wooden handle for my remelt pot. The original handle was too short, and not insulated. Really helps with ten lbs. of alloy to pour.

[The Virginian]

+3 on JB Weld it is the permenant solution. Mighty Putty would also work well too.

[Hiaboo]

JB Weld, at least an generic version worked for me.

[Jaybird62]

I made shims from a busted metal measuring tape and it held pretty well. I've used the scraps from the same 20-foot tape for shims for the past 30 years and still have a lifetime supply left. I was using some JB Weld on something else and was using my casting bench for a working surface and picked up one of my mold handles to move it out of the way. It slipped, so I pulled every lose handle I could find and JB Welded them on the spot. Works great, too.

[HORNET]

JB Weld it is. Also new cross pins well staked and peened. File some small notches into the steel on the handles to give a better mechanical lock with the JB. Good Stuff, Maynard!

[sundog]

Wonder product of the technical age. Silicon! Silicon filler. Got some at NAPA (or someplace) that is kinda orange in color and high temp. Squirt some in the hole, poke in down and put the tang back in. Great stuff. Silicon is supposed to be good for other stuff, too...