Replacing a broken shovel handle is an easy trick.
When buying a shovel with a wooden handle, it is important to choose one that has the grain of the wood oriented so the straight grain is facing up.The same thing happens when you replace a broken shovel handle.
Make sure the tree rings are parallel to the shovel blade by looking at the end of the handle.
Replacing a wooden handle on a shovel is a simple job, so simple you don't think there would be a way to do it wrong.There is a wrong way to do it, and it has been done wrong all the time.
If you look at a handle, you will see that there is face grain.There are parallel lines of grain.The handle is much weaker if you install it this way.
It is similar to a two-by-four.If you imagine a two-by-four on edge, how strong it is, with no flex, it will bend.If you put the straight grain up, the handles will last longer.
This is the result if you don't.The handle on this shovel snapped off as I was using it.You will see why if you look closely.The face is facing up.The manufacturer should have made it 90 degrees so the straight grain was facing up.The handle would have lasted a long time.
When you replace a wooden handle on a tool, always put the straight grain facing up.
In the video "How to Replace a Wooden Shovel Handle the Right Way" you say to always install the wood handle on any tool with the straight grain facing "up"The plane's surface is related to the force applied to it by the handle at the point of the straight grain.
If someone holds a weed cutter/grass whip, it's important to clarify that the straight grain should be towards one of the long blade edges, not towards the short end.
I was disappointed to find the video was only 58 seconds, which doesn't include a step by step replacement of a shovel handle.