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Originally Posted by special-K
My wheelbarrow had an accident that broke one handle. Being the thrifty Handy Andy guy I am, I decided the wheelbarrow has plenty of life in it so I'll make new handles. They're still in an uncompleted state, but this is how far I got yesterday afternoon. I might still make the grab handles smaller and round like original, but as they are they have a good feel for my hands. I want to paint the wood black and thinking maybe sandblast the metal and paint Cat yellow, just for kicks. Maybe get some Caterpillar stickers
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Being I work with metal, I would have grabbed 3 ft of 1 1/2" angle iron, cut it in half, drilled some holes and had the original handle back in operation in 30 minutes...