Homemade Monster Maul!

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kholmz

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I just made myself a monster maul and thought I would share. It's made by welding three wedges together then pinning and welding them to a 16lb fence post sledge. The finished head weight is 20.4lbs. I know I can swing it, but I haven't tried it yet. Can't wait! The wife thinks it looks like a woodpecker, so that is what it is called now.:)
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Looks like something Paul bunion would carry! Nice for the hard to split rounds. I wanted to do this before I got my wood splitter
 
Damn dude that thing's a beast, looks like you could rig it up like a guillotine and let it drop on the rounds lol
 
Hi Ironman, yes I thought about doing that, knocking the shoulders off, but I wanted to try it first with them on. Perhaps you don't want it to pass right through the wood and bury itself six inches into the ground. And if the wood hits the shoulders the wood should already be split. Either way I'm going to try if first, and then modify as needed.
 
Dude, that thing is going to go through whatever you're trying to split AND your chopping block.
:eek:

Yes, we need a video.
  1. We want to see how it performs.
  2. We want to see you actually swing the thing. :)
  3. We want to see if you can swing it more than 3x before needing a rest. :D
 
Ive had decent luck welding high quality cast iron (cast steel?) on import exhaust manifolds with longevity. I think the grade of metal is important.... on a maul just made to be heavy, not sure how great the standards would be
 
Hi Ironman, yes I thought about doing that, knocking the shoulders off, but I wanted to try it first with them on. Perhaps you don't want it to pass right through the wood and bury itself six inches into the ground. And if the wood hits the shoulders the wood should already be split. Either way I'm going to try if first, and then modify as needed.
I would guess it would depend on the length of the rounds to be split & the make up of the grain of the rounds if it's all "curly wurly"the corners may need removing from the tool Just looking at the "Piccies" Iv'e had to go &have a lie down :clap:
 
That’s quite a lot to swing.
My concern is the edges. A stringy piece that doesn’t split well could catch the edges and send the shock back to the handle.

This does remind me of an older maul design that had two outswinging ears that would force the piece apart.
 
That’s quite a lot to swing.
My concern is the edges. A stringy piece that doesn’t split well could catch the edges and send the shock back to the handle.

I was worried about the edges as well, but it turns out that they actually help. It stops the maul from passing right through the wood and into the chopping block or ground. Makes it easier to pick it back up over your head. It's kind of a novelty, a right of passage for my friends, but it does work well. It's out at my cabin right now and I'll try and take some video of it in action this summer.
 
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