Pencil sharpener for broomsticks!

[Deluks]

I have a few garden tools with broken handles, they are of the type with a tapered wooden handle into the tool, does such a device exist that can sharpen a standard broomstick to a point?
I have no access to a lathe.

Or is there a particular technique that be employed that will ensure an even removal of material all round.

 

[Odds]

Whittling will pass the time.

Ulysses S. Grant did it all the time on campaign.

 

[Alec_t]

Or is there a particular technique that be employed that will ensure an even removal of material all round.

For garden tools, does the evenness really matter?

 

[Burnerman]

For those who were brought up using hand tools the spokeshave was the item to reach for.
John

 

[Koolpc]

I usually chew on the end of them...

 

[evdamadiynot]

Abrasive wheel with the power tool clamped to the bench.
Gently rotate the broomstick to get the taper

 

[HERTS P&D]

I'll ask the mother in law, she will know. Shes a feking witch!



Andy

 

[^woody^]

Axe, knife, chisel or a plane.

 

[Tetrarch]

I remember seeing this guy making dowels with jigsaw blades. Would this work?

What you really want is an enormous pencil sharpener.....and this is what comes up when you search for that.....

Regards

Tet

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I use one of my bench grinders, rotating the timber, against the wheel.

 

[StephenOak]

does such a device exist that can sharpen a standard broomstick to a point?

Yes but they are not cheap, partly because the only ones I have seen come from the US.

Here are 30º & 45º versions

30° Staking Tool

Create stakes for gardening, landscaping, construction, and more with the easy-to-use Lumberjack Tools 30° Staking Tool! This quality cutter creates many stakes from round or square material in minutes. Made in the USA. Lifetime warranty. Features: Pointed 30° cutting profile Precision-machined...

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45° Post Pointer XL

Make fencing and post-making a breeze with the Lumberjack Tools 45° Post Pointer XL! It allows you to quickly create a 45° angle at the end of a post to assist with driving it into the ground or for a nice aesthetic look at the top of your fence posts. This tenon cutter is portable and easy to...

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If you have thousands (tens of thousands?) of really big broomsticks to deal with and four flat sides will do then one of these might do!

Rabaud Post Pointers — DJB Machinery Ltd

Our Rabaud Post Pointers are capable of peeling up to 500 posts an hours (BIFACE 185) thanks to its unique design and the QUADRIFACE 250 can point 4 sides in one single pass making posts immediately ready for putting in the ground.

www.djbmachinery.co.uk

 

[foxhole]

I use one of my bench grinders, rotating the timber, against the wheel.

Me too.