Thread: Splitting wood
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Old 06-03-2004, 12:00 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Location: upstate NY
If you're using wedges, make sure you have 2. If you bury one in a knot, you have the second one to bail you out. (if it's really knotty, get 3 or 4)
Also, don't smack a stuck axe with the sledge, you can easily distort the eye. The sides on an axe are much thinner than on a maul.
I don't weigh much more than you (165) and I use the maul as well as the wedge and sledge.

Wheelbuilder - also upstate NY
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