Makita DCS9010 any good for milling?

[Woodworks]

As above really. At present use an MS460 but considering setting that up with a 20" for fast ringing so would then want a gutsy saw for milling and occasional crosscutting.

 

Thanks

[littlerob]

haven't used one but been told there sedent enough milling and felling Radmore and Tucker got them at good prices

[Big J]

I've got one, but find it's a bit gutless on a long bar. I've also got a 395xp, which I feel is a better saw.

[porangi]

I'm milling on a 661 and its working / slow on some 200/300 mm dia oak. I'd go as powerful as you can.

 

 

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[Woodworks]

I've got one, but find it's a bit gutless on a long bar. I've also got a 395xp, which I feel is a better saw.

 

What do you call a long bar Big J?

 

395 is a fair bit more and it's not going to get a vast amount of work but don't want to chuck money away on a saw thats not up to the job either.

[Big J]

74". It's on our cross cut saw and it's bloody slow!

 

Seriously though, on normal sized bars it is slower. Spend the extra, get the Husky. I had a few repairs on the Makita which pushed the price of it beyond that of the 395.

[Woodworks]

74". It's on our cross cut saw and it's bloody slow!

 

Seriously though, on normal sized bars it is slower. Spend the extra, get the Husky. I had a few repairs on the Makita which pushed the price of it beyond that of the 395.

 

Any thoughts on the MS660 V the 395?

[Big J]

I've not owned a 660 but I have used them. For milling definitely the 395. General use hard to say!

[Woodworks]

I've not owned a 660 but I have used them. For milling definitely the 395. General use hard to say!

 

Thanks J

[agg221]

My main milling saw used to be an 066 and it was reliable and achieved as much as could be expected of a saw that size. With the chain set up properly (sharp and even) it is certainly not painfully slow so long as you don't try to go much above 18" diameter. At 14" it is quicker than the 076 or 090 (higher chain speed and not bogging). These days it tends to be used on the mini-mill with either a 24" or 36" bar and I have used it buried full depth on 10' long cuts without any problems.

 

Chainsaw milling is inherently slower than bandsaw milling, particularly when you have the sort of machine Big J does, but it's horses for courses - I can mill a tree in a back garden accessed only through the house if necessary, whereas for a lorry-load of butts roadside it really wouldn't be the right approach.

 

Alec