Just before the first Covid lockdown I broke a couple of spades (I try to go too fast and too much at times!) so I ordered some replacement handles and rivets to repair them when I got time.
It's a relatively easy job with only a couple of difficult bits - removing the old broken handle and shaping the new one.
I filmed myself fitting a new one, no talking, just showing what I did. I have a fork to fix as well so if people would like a longer more explained video I might make one of those later this week.
Anyone else repair their garden tools rather than buy new ones?
F uses a shovel (easier to dig with AND the handles are easier to repair/replace). As for repair rejse are you kidding? Some of our garden tools are into their third generation of family use and might have reached 5 generations by now if F had ever had any kids!
ReplyDeleteReally depends on the shovel doesn't it! I'm very fussy with my shovels, I like them to be all metal handles and have a bit of weight about them. but I normally dig with a spade. I've got a few shovels that need shot blasting though from other people using them. This shovel is one my kids got me and I did another one in the afternoon that my mum bought me 15 years or so ago when we got our first house.
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