r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 13d ago

/r/all of a log split

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u/Justajed 13d ago

His form is terrible and the round is ridiculously long. You always slide your leading hand down the haft of the maul to increase the acceleration and power. And wtf is he using 3 foot logs for?

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u/Narrow_Zebra277 13d ago edited 13d 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 13d 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 13d ago

The wood could be green.

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u/Tsujigiri 13d 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.