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Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Eric Wanderweg, Mar 21, 2025.

  1. Eric Wanderweg

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    Ok..... that's gotta be a joke, right? Dude reminds me of Jimmy Fallon.
     
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    What could possibly go wrong.
     
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    Interesting engineering….then they use a rubber band? LOL!
     
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    The dreaded elm was the first thing that came to mind for me...
     
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    Although black gum is worse as i recently discovered at my Disney cut. The wood processor wouldn't split it and neither would his dual splitter. Sunk in a tiny bit and bogged down. I had to chunk it off the edge and even then it really grunted.

    So being a metal fabricator are you going to build a bullet maul?
     
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  8. Eckie

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    So that must be the new version of a powder wedge?

    Kinda sorta....
     
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    Where do the pellets go lol
     
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    I wanna try it. It would slow you down reloading all the time. Need a belt feed for the shells..
    I know its fake but looks cool
     
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    Yep, works on the same premise as some of the old black powder wedges. Some of the old wedges used gas ports to drive the log apart. Some used the gases to drive another wedge deeper. Would be a fun toy to have.
     
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    Fire-wood in the hole [​IMG]
     
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    :rofl: :lol: That was a good one VH! :salute: Gave me a good chuckle!
     
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    Belt fed is a funny thought.
    8# maul become a 10# maul.

    *as Eric W shows up at the next ct gathering and shows me how to split elm with one hand and his new tool...*
     
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    Wonder if it csn be used to cut up a deer?
    :D