Has anyone used this? I know there are other threads about marking log length but wondering if this plastic tool holds up? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I've had mine for two years now and works great. It is plastic so I don't just toss it around, especially on the colder days when it gets used.
I just can't see buying paint for marking cuts. They do work well though. I use crayon unless the wood is wet. Then I just score it with the axe to mark where the cuts need to be.
Yep, used one for years. Like TBONE said, it's made of plastic, brittle plastic at that, so banging it around in cold weather is a no-no. I used to use a lumber crayon but for me this is quicker and makes short work of marking. Only tip I can offer is make sure your paint can is firmly in place or else it will pop out of place after 3 or 4 marks and leave you wondering why it's not marking.
Bought one and found it works well, especially on the stuff I’m pulling off of the log decks. Straight stuff with no branches. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Had one for years. Friend borrowed it and never saw it again. Just picked up a new one this winter. I am kind of anal about my stacks so everything gets cut at 16” so it fits my 4’x20’ pallets nice and neat. This marker makes it fast and easy even on the small tops. Oak top from the tree I dropped in the back yard this morning. Marked and ready to cut.
I always pull a tape and use crayon. But this year I have a lot of smaller wood to process. With all the small dead ash,elm and hickory I’ve cut it seems like all I’m doing is pulling a tape. Looking for a better way. I’m going to try this. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Have a sharpie? Mark the bar on your saw at whatever length you want. Line up the tip of your bar to the end of your log, make a mental and visual note of where your sharpie mark is and cut there. There’s always a chip or a bark feature you can focus on where you need to cut. Voila. Almost free vs. $36.00.
I've never measured my logs, I cut 16" by eye. They're always within 1/2" more or less and I don't care. When I cut, I'm cutting fast and moving right along. Measuring would slow me down. In my stacks I have some some shorties ( 10") and some 18" long pieces courtesy of the the tree trimmers. Therefor the same size 16" exact don't matter to me.
Good that you've got such a gooder eye NH mountain man , but the guys I sometimes get precut firewood from wouldn't know 16" if it kicked 'em in the head. Anywhere from 11-22" seems close enough to 16.
Either that or I think they all are 16" No, four decades of calibrated eyeball cutting have me pretty close to where I want to be.
I’ve done that, a inch here a inch there, it’s not a big deal to some. I want 16” +or- 0. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
As you wish - sounds like the Mingo is for you! BTW - I’ve cut with the sharpie method for years...did you happen to see my avatar pic? 24” +/- 0.
I use a piece of 1/2" PVC conduit that's 19-1/2" long and a piece of sidewalk chalk. Why 19-1/2"? The chalk is about an inch in diameter so if I mark at the end of the conduit I get 20". It's close enough. I think the Mingo is a great concept if you do a lot of cutting of nice straight logs, especially off a pile.
