Not sure what category this goes in, but here it is. My wife picked up an old ash rake at a garage sale. It's brass and has seen it's days, but is still very useful. Unfortunately the rake screws to the handle and it is constantly comes loose. I'm wanting to permanently secure it. Would stove gasket cement work, but would it stand up to the constant heating and cooling? Although considerably more work, how about a set screw? Something else? It drives me crazy, in an OCD way...
I’ve got a poker that I always have to tighten the handle and tip on. Thanks for the gasket cement idea. There are 2 tubes of it near the poker and I keep mindlessly tightening both ends.
Clean the best you can before you put it on and don’t be shy with it. You can wipe off excess if it runs out when you thread it in. Give it plenty of time to set up.
I'd say redloctite, might have to re-do in a year but you'd have to get that thing almost red hot. Stove gasket cement might work, it should handle the heat fine (that's it's main job) Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
I used the stove sealer so I’ll let you know how that turns out. There is a a 2nd poker with a screw on handle to keep me busy while the cement sets on the other one.
I agree with Screwloose, I think most of these will work. I went for the red loctite, but it's evaporated, someone must not have tightened the cap properly. So, I went for the JB Weld, due to convenience. I gave the rake a good brass cleaning before putting it back together, it shined up purty. Chud, definitely give us an update. I was a little concerned about the heating and cooling, expanding and contracting. I'll give an update also, although hopefully it won't be till the end of the season, for both of us. Before and after cleaning.
