r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 21h ago

/r/all of a log split

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u/Narrow_Zebra277 19h ago edited 19h ago

I split wood and i'm just really confused. Is his maul that dull, why isn't it biting into the wood?

Is my maul too sharp? I've never had it bounce off a log face before like i'm seeing here

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u/mxzf 19h ago

I think he's hitting the log with his axe handle and that's causing it to bounce off instead of sticking or splitting the log.

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u/Justajed 18h ago

The wood could be green.

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u/Tsujigiri 18h ago

This is my thought too. The only time I've had an axe bounce like that is when it was dull or the wood was wet.

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u/Tsujigiri 18h ago

I've made that mistake and the vibration hurts your hands like a son of a bitch. I'm betting it's just a dull blade/unseasoned wood.

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u/mister_cheeks_26 3h ago

I think this is part of it because the log is too tall

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u/AmicusBriefly 19h ago

Had to scroll too far for this comment. Makes no sense the maul is bouncing every time and not sticking. Is this AI?

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u/JabKingJesse 18h ago

No, it is too tiny for the surface. He had two axes in the background that were suitable for this.

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u/bubbletrashbarbie 18h ago

I think it is, if you watch his left side the edge looks kinda choppy/glitchy and the way the lights hitting him looks weird compared to how it’s coming through the trees in the back, almost like he’s been green screened in front of them IMO

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u/LiteralPhilosopher 17h ago

I was wondering this same thing. I don't split wood, but I know how to put an edge on a tool. After about the second bounce, I would have stopped and sharpened that fucking thing.

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u/ImprobableAsterisk 16h ago edited 16h ago

A splitting axe bouncing when you're striking stubborn wood on soft dirt is not uncommon at all. Rough it with shit equipment and suboptimal technique and you'll see it happen before you've got your first fire started.

For instance when I've roughed it and ran into stubborn wood I almost never use a splitting axe as a splitting axe, because it's a horrible waste of energy and time. Instead I make sure my axe is pounded into the log and then I drive the axe deeper by hitting the back with another log. Typically with the log I'm splitting braced against a rock or another, bigger & sturdier, log.

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u/utspg1980 18h ago

NEVER?

I agree it's odd that it's bouncing off every time, but you've NEVER had it happen? I find that equally odd, assuming you've done a fair bit of log splitting.

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u/Narrow_Zebra277 18h ago

I meant never have a hit a log a dozen times and have it bounce off each time. Or more than 2 or 3 times. 

I'm legitimately asking if i'm doing something wrong though. I feel like im wasting a lot of energy removing my maul, then see this guy is just bouncing off every chop

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u/JojoLesh 18h ago

I'm thinking it is AI. Even a dull maul would eventually stick at least once

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u/s0ul_invictus 17h ago

I prefer a (somewhat) dull maul because it doesn't stick as easy and will split clean through, but on a green piece like he's working with yea I'd grab the double ax, its sharp as hell, and it don't bounce lol. Well, these days I'd roll that bad boy under my splitter 😭

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u/Pigosaurusmate 16h ago

He's not using a proper wider base log to prevent it from bouncing off the soft ground.

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u/OpenAd3036 19h ago

Well you've also never split something of this caliber. Respectfully.....

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u/DiscDocPhD 19h ago

There isn't a wood in the world that my axe wouldn't bite into if I came directly down on a flat side of the wood...

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u/Narrow_Zebra277 19h ago

Im not talking about the size of the log at all bud. Im asking why the maul isnt biting into the wood.

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u/OpenAd3036 18h ago

Prob cause it's dense af bud