Monster Maul dimensions.

[Chevy Power]

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I work as a heavy steel fitter/welder and have access to scrap pieces of thick steel,"burn" tables, and torches. Basically to make one of these on my lunch break or after work is no big deal. I can make an educated guess on how to make one but I want to try and make a duplicate of the original everyone raves about. The one with the flattened handle, thee "original". If someone has one sitting around I would appreciate the dimensions of the wedge and the length of the handle.

I get some pride out of making my own tools and any help I can get is appreciated.

Thank you!

 

[Chevy Power]

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[TimJ]

I can tell you this..........the maul in the picture will not split very well. The taper is all wrong

 

[Ashful]

I have a buddy with a vintage original. I'll ask him for the dimensions.

 

[Jags]

I have access to one at the cabin. If I remember too (and that is no guarantee) I will try to get pics and specs.

 

[Chevy Power]

No big hurry many warm days ahead before I plan on doing a lot of splitting. My dad borrows a log splitter once a year but I can chip away at my pile of wood here and there.

 

[tsquini]

Truper plitting maul which is similar has a 27" Handel

 

[Bigg_Redd]

dimensions of the wedge and the length of the handle.

The handle is about 10" too long

The wedge is about 8lbs (or so) too heavy.

I hope this helps.

 

[Ashful]

True! I borrowed and used one... once.

 

[Applesister]

I was watching a youtube video here and came across a guy with a webside called wranglerstar.com He repairs old tool handles. Cool to watch. Im inspired to replace some axe handles of some old broken axes we have here. I saw that triangle shaped thing and ondered what it was. Anyway did a search or repairing handles here and found nothing. But I found a link to a company called Tennessee Hickory. They sell hickory replacement handles and their catalog is laid out with every tool named, which has been very helpful. My Dad was in the steel business too and we have alot of old broken tools with an unknown use sitting around and now Im learning the proper names.

 

[Applesister]

I did a search here and found nothing on replacing axe handles, but dont know if I quieried properly. The catalogue for Tennessee Hickory has all dimensions laid out for all the impliments. But Im curious about this maul photo posted. I'll be watching.

 

[Ashful]

Monster maul has a piece of pipe welded to the head, as a handle. I found it very annoying, since it is round, and you can't feel the rotation of the head.

I prefer axe and maul handles which are curved, with a proper butt at the end if the handle. I dislike the mauls that use sledge handles, but even those are better than the original Monster Maul's round pipe handle.

 

[yooperdave]

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Sports-Outdoors-Boat-Anchors/zgbs/sporting-goods/3398541

Chevy, hope this helps you decide to make a conventional boat anchor on your lunch break and not one of those experimental types that you posted above!

 

[Ashful]

I have a buddy with a vintage original. I'll ask him for the dimensions.

Here you go:

"The two 'splitting faces' (if that's a term) are 6 1/8" x 3", and the back of the head is 4" x 3".

"Overall length measures 31 1/2" (the handle was replaced, but should be close to original length)."

 

[Jags]

No big hurry many warm days ahead before I plan on doing a lot of splitting.

Good, cuz I forgot all about it.

(cool - now I don't have to remember it)

 

[Bspring]

We should also point out that you will get way more benefit by increasing the velocity than the mass.

 

[tsquini]

We should also point out that you will get way more benefit by increasing the velocity than the mass.

You are correct. That is a great point.

 

[Ashful]

E = (m*v^2)/2

 

[Coach B]

That was all I used for the first 8 or 9 years I burned. I couldn't get those little axe thingies to bust anything, but the monster would get er done! My 71 year old FIL still uses his weekly during the winter. Now that I'm 40 I have evolved a bit in my wood splitting.

 

[tsquini]

Hitting a baseball works the same way. Bat speed is more important than mass. That is why as the season progresses usually bat weight decreases. Players get tired, to maintain speed they decrease weight.

 

[Chevy Power]

Here you go:

"The two 'splitting faces' (if that's a term) are 6 1/8" x 3", and the back of the head is 4" x 3".

"Overall length measures 31 1/2" (the handle was replaced, but should be close to original length)."

Thank you so much. Once I get one made I will post up a picture.

 

[Chevy Power]

Here are a few pictures. Did not have a piece of pipe handy for the handle. I have some 1 7/8" O.D. but it feels to big, I am thinking 1.5" for the handle. I ended up making this out of a piece of 4340 from a large piece of fork (from a new front end loader fork). It is some hard stuff so it should work great for the maul. It ended up being 2.9" wide and 4" thick. From the point at a right angle to the back is 6".



The piece to the left is the other half of the chunk of steel I made this from.

 

[Osage]

Looks like it should work great! For all the naysayers this 4 cords, and all the wood from nearly 40 years of burning , was split by a worthless monster maul.
Are there better mauls out there? Probably, but the old monster will get the job done.
If I would change anything on mine I would move the handle more forward.
Great job, build another one and I might buy it.
Plus you can still use it for a boat anchor on the off season. How many other mauls can you say that about!

 

[CombatChris]

F = MA

It's not always about KE.

 

[Ashful]

F = MA

It's not always about KE.

You remember your physics 101. However, you're applying it incorrectly, as "a" varies depending on "m" and the shape of the head. The dominant factor here is indeed E = (1/2)*m*v^2.