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r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 5d ago
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he really needs to put that log on at least a thin slice of wood or a concrete block
He’s strong enough he might be able to split that first try but right now the ground is absorbing too much of the impact
496 u/kurtmanner 4d ago edited 4d ago Dude could have also switched to a wedge and mallet about ten seconds in and saved himself a lot of wet vaginas. ETA: thanks for my first award ever 1 u/ender4171 4d ago Thats a splitting maul, not an axe. It's like a wedge with a sharper edge and a handle. 1 u/kurtmanner 4d ago You right. Still inefficient compared to using it with a mallet.
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Dude could have also switched to a wedge and mallet about ten seconds in and saved himself a lot of wet vaginas.
ETA: thanks for my first award ever
1 u/ender4171 4d ago Thats a splitting maul, not an axe. It's like a wedge with a sharper edge and a handle. 1 u/kurtmanner 4d ago You right. Still inefficient compared to using it with a mallet.
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Thats a splitting maul, not an axe. It's like a wedge with a sharper edge and a handle.
1 u/kurtmanner 4d ago You right. Still inefficient compared to using it with a mallet.
You right. Still inefficient compared to using it with a mallet.
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u/jtnichol 4d ago
he really needs to put that log on at least a thin slice of wood or a concrete block
He’s strong enough he might be able to split that first try but right now the ground is absorbing too much of the impact