What should I use to glue the metal to the wood or should I just put
: a stainless steel screw through the screw hole and leave it at that?
I built a two-part paddle, using a metal ferrule from Grey Owl. To keep the ferrules tight on the shafts, I did the following:
I first shaved the shaft ends down until they seemed to be a very tight fit - too tight, in fact, to get the ferrule on.
Took a small diameter drill bit, and drilled multiple holes into the end of each section, especially around the outside rim (drilling into the grain - that is, the actual area that I'd just cut thru...)and scored the sides of the shaft sections.
I then pumped these holes full of Chair Doctor Glue, which causes the wood to expand as it cures (Lee Valley carries it) and slathered the sides of each section with the glue.
I then positioned each ferrule on the end of its shaft and heated the ferrule real good with a propane torch to make it expand slightly. I kept heating it as I literally pounded the ferrules down unto the shafts, using a wood block to protect the metal.
Three years later, it's still snug as a bug.
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