Timber Tough TMW-57 beam cutter quick review

[EbS-P]

Hi,

thought I would post this quick review here. I purchased a Timber Tuff TMW-57 for about 40$. It was more of an impulse than a thoughtful purchase.


Short story is it works kinda. Decided to self clearance the U clamp on my G660 28” bar with out of box 3/8” chain. Not terribly bad but… Anyway it was really awkward on that big of a saw.

mounted it to my 16” Ryobi with old 3/8 LP chain and bar. Easier to manage.

it works but only kinda. The mount is not square to the guide so you don’t get a great square edge. It’s not out bad enough to bind in a cut but they are not always square. I’d give the accuracy at about -+1/2” for a 3” thick cut. Good enough for me I guess… more work on the jointer though.

My other option was to rent a 16” circular saw for 55$ and drag my generator down. quality would have been better. Maybe not faster but I wasn’t sure I would have time to get it done in a single day. In the future I will probably make the time for this option.

So far I have made 12 3x6s or bigger. Ehh it was cheap enough. Is my official take.

Evan

 

[Maintenance Chief]

I've used the mico mill out of Canada, its quality is excellent but also 3 dead presidents.
I've wondered about these cheaper ones, thanks for the review.

 

[EbS-P]

I've used the mico mill out of Canada, its quality is excellent but also 3 dead presidents.
I've wondered about these cheaper ones, thanks for the review.

For that price you are near the price of a 10” circular saws which for anything 3.5” or less is probably worth the investment if you are trying to make dimensional lumber accurately and building anything with 4xs. My slabbing cuts are right on the money and pretty smooth.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

We were making 10x10s beams of white oak.

 

[kneedeepinsaws]

I've used the mico mill out of Canada, its quality is excellent but also 3 dead presidents.
I've wondered about these cheaper ones, thanks for the review.

Can you please post a link to this “mico” mill

 

[stikine]

https://www.accutechinnovations.com/#

 

[kneedeepinsaws]

https://www.accutechinnovations.com/#

Thank you!

 

[EbS-P]

https://www.accutechinnovations.com/#

That is a quality tool.

evan