rdln
Veteran Member
Folks, tell me whats happening. I have replaced sledge and single bit and maul handles before with no problem.
Today I tested the maul with new handle and stuck it into a hard maple log, upon prying
it out...crack, hhmm I am thinking that it broke because the slit was still visible below the head???
I care fullly squared off the splinters and shaved it down to allow another try. I sawed a kerf down the middle to allow compression but not deep enuff to see it when bottomed. wedged it and upon testing it...crack!! just like before.
The crack was perpendicular to the length not diagonal like when a baseball bat cracks and right at the bottom off the head.
Did I just get ahold of a bad handle?
about a 8lb splitting maul and a new "Link" brand 36" hickory handle and I am sure the head is oriented like the original handle.
the handle was labeled a "sledge" handle but holes for the maul and sledge are the same.
Could it just for sledges where no prying is required as in splitting wood?
Today I tested the maul with new handle and stuck it into a hard maple log, upon prying
it out...crack, hhmm I am thinking that it broke because the slit was still visible below the head???
I care fullly squared off the splinters and shaved it down to allow another try. I sawed a kerf down the middle to allow compression but not deep enuff to see it when bottomed. wedged it and upon testing it...crack!! just like before.
The crack was perpendicular to the length not diagonal like when a baseball bat cracks and right at the bottom off the head.
Did I just get ahold of a bad handle?
about a 8lb splitting maul and a new "Link" brand 36" hickory handle and I am sure the head is oriented like the original handle.
the handle was labeled a "sledge" handle but holes for the maul and sledge are the same.
Could it just for sledges where no prying is required as in splitting wood?