What did you LAST repair?

Lisnaholic · 04-14-2018, 06:58 PM

How do you manufacture a cheap broom? In Mexico, part of the answer is that you thread the low-quality wooden handle and screw it into the cheap plastic broom head. This arrangement is quite likely to shake apart while you're still in the supermarket car park, let alone when you push the thing around the floor. So when it fell apart I effected the following repair:-

i) drill a hole transversely through the head/handle junction
ii) slather the joint with glue
iii) screw the handle back into the head
iv) run a bolt through the transverse hole and tighten it up with a nut

All I have to do now is decide which is more satisfying: a) having a broom a thousand times stronger than the one I bought, or b) bragging about it on MB

04-14-2018, 06:58 PM	#21 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	How do you manufacture a cheap broom? In Mexico, part of the answer is that you thread the low-quality wooden handle and screw it into the cheap plastic broom head. This arrangement is quite likely to shake apart while you're still in the supermarket car park, let alone when you push the thing around the floor. So when it fell apart I effected the following repair:- i) drill a hole transversely through the head/handle junction ii) slather the joint with glue iii) screw the handle back into the head iv) run a bolt through the transverse hole and tighten it up with a nut All I have to do now is decide which is more satisfying: a) having a broom a thousand times stronger than the one I bought, or b) bragging about it on MB __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953