Put wood your cutting on the ground. not on another wood piece. so your power stroke is longer creating more force. Second, by keeping wood on ground, you don't have to pick it up so far from ground on each stroke. Place each axe strike with idea of striking wood to best split along center lines
Excuse me for breathing! Don't cut wood on concrete but where it won't hurt your mail. Cut wood the way it helps the best an that's getting as much power swing as possible!
Typically if I don't use a chopping block and I split on bare ground, the soft ground absorbs some of the energy, especially in wet spring, plus the ground can still dull mauls as there are rocks underground. That has been my experience but do what's best for you.
Put wood your cutting on the ground. not on another wood piece. so your power stroke is longer creating more force. Second, by keeping wood on ground, you don't have to pick it up so far from ground on each stroke. Place each axe strike with idea of striking wood to best split along center lines
That would have been a good idea here, I just typically use a chopping block so I don't send my maul into the concrete.
Excuse me for breathing! Don't cut wood on concrete but where it won't hurt your mail. Cut wood the way it helps the best an that's getting as much power swing as possible!
Typically if I don't use a chopping block and I split on bare ground, the soft ground absorbs some of the energy, especially in wet spring, plus the ground can still dull mauls as there are rocks underground.
That has been my experience but do what's best for you.