Previous handle was a pimple on a 2 way screw (no idea what these are called or how it was still holding on) so replaced it with one on 4 bolts on washers for a better grip.
After taking it off it appears that the screw was “sealed” in some sort of wood filler.
Nice job!
The bolts you used are called “carriage bolts”. They have a square “neck” under the round head to give them grip once they get into the wood.
You may want to make a square slit in the handle plate so the head is flushed.
Thanks for the tip, it does look a bit odd that those bolts are peeking out a little, but don’t think i have a tool for doing that (out of interest what do you normally use to do it?) to the metal handle. If i have something to use for it il do it :)
You could probably use a square file.
You could do it with a triangle file too.
Depending on the metal you may be able to just broach it with the bolt itself.
Looking at the pictures I think the wood will break before the bolt cuts into the metal.
Yeah the nuts are cutting into the wood. OP would have to do something different to broach.
The wood is too soft here unfortunately, i tried a little but stopped when the washers started to dig into the wood
I would use a file
Assschually the square bit is for a square hole in metal plate, not the wood itself, so you dont have to hold the other end when tightening the but.
That being said ive misused them all kinds of ways
So these bolts are supposed to be exclusively used to fix metal sheets to wood? Interesting!