I'm having fun with the maul I bought. I managed to break the wood
handle today.

I was trying to break some bigger pieces of firewood into smaller ones
and the handle cracked. I guess I'll take it back and trade it in for
a fiberglass handled one.

Also, I was banging on a bigger piece that was kind of odd shaped.
Maybe that was where the handle started breaking, but I didn't notice
it.

Anyway, I was able to put a big crack in the one piece of odd-shaped
firewood, but not break it all the way through.

So, when I go back to get the fiberglass handled maul I think I'll pick
up a wedge as well.

Anyway, it was fun and I didn't get hurt!

- Bobby

If you look at the maul closely you'll see a piece of metel on one end.
You are supposed to hit the wood with that, not the wooden handle.
Mauls are handed down fro generation to generation. NOBODY ever breaks one.

wrote:

> I'm having fun with the maul I bought. I managed to break the wood
> handle today.
>
> I was trying to break some bigger pieces of firewood into smaller ones
> and the handle cracked. I guess I'll take it back and trade it in for
> a fiberglass handled one.
>
> Also, I was banging on a bigger piece that was kind of odd shaped.
> Maybe that was where the handle started breaking, but I didn't notice
> it.
>
> Anyway, I was able to put a big crack in the one piece of odd-shaped
> firewood, but not break it all the way through.
>
> So, when I go back to get the fiberglass handled maul I think I'll pick
> up a wedge as well.
>
> Anyway, it was fun and I didn't get hurt!
>
> - Bobby
>

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> I'm having fun with the maul I bought. I managed to break the wood
> handle today.
>
If you are hitting the handle stand further back when ya swing--btw I like
the fibreglass handle maul--it can hang by the woodpile rather than the
garage

Buzz

I wondered what that heavy metal thing was there for...

Seriously, I don't think I hit the wood with the handle. I think it
was just a cheap maul. ($18 at Lowes).

- Bobby

wrote:
> I wondered what that heavy metal thing was there for...
>
> Seriously, I don't think I hit the wood with the handle. I think it
> was just a cheap maul. ($18 at Lowes).
>

If you can't find impact damage on the handle take it back. It was
probably defective.

Matthew

--
There had better be horses and ponies in heaven, or the god I
don't believe is going to get her butt kicked big time.

-- TeaLady (mari) on ARK

Glenn wrote:

>
> Mauls are handed down fro generation to generation. NOBODY ever breaks one.

Hmmm...guess these guys'll all be out of business soon...
http://tinyurl.com/d5cxr

FYI. Lowes took the broken one back without question. I got one with
the fiberglass handle and a wedge as well. I had fun splitting up some
larger pieces with them both. Haven't killed myself yet doing so, so
that is good.

- Bobby

Matthew L. Martin wrote:
> wrote:
> > I wondered what that heavy metal thing was there for...
> >
> > Seriously, I don't think I hit the wood with the handle. I think it
> > was just a cheap maul. ($18 at Lowes).
> >
>
> If you can't find impact damage on the handle take it back. It was
> probably defective.
>
> Matthew
>
> --
> There had better be horses and ponies in heaven, or the god I
> don't believe is going to get her butt kicked big time.
>
> -- TeaLady (mari) on ARK

wrote:
> FYI. Lowes took the broken one back without question. I got one with
> the fiberglass handle and a wedge as well. I had fun splitting up some
> larger pieces with them both. Haven't killed myself yet doing so, so
> that is good.


Wood splitting tip #36

Get yourself a 6 lb. sledge hammer and cut 6" off the handle.

Now when you get the maul stuck you can hold it with your off hand and
wail on it with the sledge in your good hand.

Presto! You've transformed a stuck maul into a wedge with a handle on it.

*Always wear safety glasses when striking 2 metal objects together.


TFM®