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Home made pickaroons.
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I got a little cabin fever so I decided to make a couple of pickaroons.
This first one I made I used some angle iron that I hammered over to fit a ax handle then cut one of the pieces then welded together.
The spike was a bolt that came from a cross arm on a power pole. It never did stick very well so I cut the spike off and used a piece of scrap metal to make a hook and sharped the end. This was with the spike.
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So since I did not like the spike I cut it off and welded on this hook.
This design sticks and holds in the wood much better.
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So I then decided to make another one using a post hole handle that was really cheap and using some scrap metal I had left over from a project on my tractor. This one has a little longer handle and it will stick the wood pretty good also. I also decided to wrap the handle with some red parachord for a better grip. I drilled some holes for the ends and then layed down a thin layer of epoxy to hold it firmly in place. it works well.
Moparmyway:
Which of the two styles of hook ends holds to the wood better ?
Cut4fun .:
Very cool Roger.
This reminded me of a ole video where this guy rebuilt a homemade one. Pretty neat to watch too.
https://youtu.be/CvJ8Q1vAdGA
Part 2 follow up.
https://youtu.be/U-27urN8f5M
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