Machines often do this kind of thing nowadays. But no power tools have replaced the maul and wedge that I know of. Unless you count chainsaws as something that you could use for this.
The straight forward answer is Lumberjacks. They would use the maul and wedge (or splitting maul) to split the wood and make planks. In the late 1800s, there were no factories or power tools (like the hydraulic log splitter) to make them for you, so you had to make them yourself. Because of this, people would be more resouceful and not waste the planks.
The most effective technique for using a cutting wedge to split wood is to place the wedge in the wood along the grain, then strike it with a maul or sledgehammer until the wood splits.
A splitting wedge is a tool used in log splitting to help split wood into smaller pieces. It is a wedge-shaped tool made of metal that is hammered into a log to create a split along the grain. Splitting wedges are typically used in conjunction with a sledgehammer or maul to effectively break apart the wood.
An axe, a hatchet, a wedge and a maul are all examples of inclined planes and they can all be used to chop wood
Mall is the homophone for maul.
all maul pearl is, is a maul with jerry pearls hat
Darth Maul.
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Alfred Maul died in 1941.
Alfred Maul was born in 1864.
Molar Maul was created in 1983.
The wedge tailed eagle lives in the forest