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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...

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[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.