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[ksmith]

Thanks to all for the wedge feedback. Now I'm wondering about wedge vs splitting wedge. My characters are trying to remove an old, but well-made, wooden lid from the cistern/well. They use the wedges and a sledgehammer to bust the hinges away. Not sure if that makes 100% sense, but while these people aren't clueless when it comes to tools, they aren't expert. In this case, the hinges were the weak spot.

Maul. What a nasty name. I wonder what came first, the noun or the verb...

Comments

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

I hear what you're saying about, "But do they have one?"
A chisel is a pretty common tool, almost everyone has one in his or her toolbox. A splitting wedge? Not so much unless you have a specific use for one.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I inherited half a dozen or more splitting wedges from my Dad, but I couldn't find a chisel when I needed one and had to go out and buy one.

As I said, I also inherited too many sledgehammers, axes, and mauls. And a machete.

A complete set of sockets for the ratchet? Not so much.

FWIW, these folks are in a small town in the middle of orchards/farm country. One may be well-versed with tools, the other, not so much. And it all depends on what you can find when you're in a hurry in a house that's not your own.

That would pull you out of the book? Huh.

[e-moon60.livejournal.com]

Kris has wedges and has no use for them...people inherit tools. What matters is what's readily available to these characters in that time and place.

But if she wants to use a cold chisel and a maul or mallet, it's fine with me.

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

Given that they are working with what is available, wedge and sledge should do the trick. A maul would work directly.

There are lots of tools one might use, if they were available. Pry bar, for example.