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Great Device
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Posted by: RALPH M from KY on 2/16/2013
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Works as well as the video shows. I use red marking paint from, of all places, ACE Hardware. I use the 18" wheel and the 14" wheel with the extra cam that gives me 21" at every third paint mark. By cutting just behind the third mark I can get a consistent 20" cut. The MINGO people sent me the extra cams for the 14" wheel at no charge.
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Great New Tool
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Posted by: JOHN B from AK on 6/1/2012
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I love buying new tools and this one didn't disappoint. I wish I had bought one years ago. I did find that the branch stubs must be trimmed first making for greater ease. I also found I needed to keep a fairly fast speed in order to keep from getting a big paint blotch that runs. Putting Duck tape over the open end keeps the paint can from slidding out when I forgot and tipped the open end down. This tool made marking my logs so fast and fun I ran out of logs rather quickly.
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161 people found this review helpful.
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Good, but ....
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Posted by: G C from CA on 5/14/2011
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If you're cutting up a log that is regular and free of branch stubs, great. However, it takes a fair amount of dexterity to move the Mingo down a rough log. Ad if you for some reason should pause at a marking point, when the paint is enabled, you'll get the log sprayed with paint, rather than a neat dot.
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260 people found this review helpful.
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Worth the money
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Posted by: BRIAN B from PA on 5/13/2011
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Works very well, just don't plan on it being your only method of marking. Logs that are not straight are tough and sometimes just easier to use a tape and the can. Recommend buying.
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351 people found this review helpful.
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Excellent Product, Real time saver!
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Posted by: BRIAN B from PA on 1/10/2011
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Works as described, much faster than measuring with a tape. Every once in a while the wheel will skip a beat, but rarely. Can get messy, be careful to tighten wheel down when not in use, or better yet remove can completely, can accidentally go off.
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361 people found this review helpful.
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Great Time Saver
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Posted by: RYAN K from PA on 11/25/2010
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I now can't imagine cutting firewood without one of these. It works exactly as advertised. I have used this product for about 6 months now and it has held up perfectly. I am also still on my first can of spray paint.
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391 people found this review helpful.
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Best Little tool ever purchased
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Posted by: JEFF W from OK on 8/3/2010
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Purchased this tool since my ricks where looking pretty bad with odd lengths. It defintely dressed them up nicely. Also, reduced the "Guess Work" out of measuring. Takes less time cutting up a tree in a heartbeat. Recommend everyone that cuts firewood get one of these. You won't be disappointed. Great to cut down a tree, delimb it, "Mingo" it, and cut it up, and finally loading the firewood. R/ J & T Firewood
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Turbo Charges log marking
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Posted by: RALPH C from AK on 5/29/2010
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After years of flipping the bar back and forth and still coming up with +/- 1-2 inch random lengths, the Mingo has "thrown off the shackles" on my marking speed and stacking accuracy (for tighter loads). I can mark 12-15 bucked logs at a time on a deck and get to cutting in minutes. Training time to become efficient was about 5 minutes. It has survived drops and tumbles drops without damage. This thing is to a firewood cutter what a fog nozzle is to a firefighter...truly a remarkable and simple invention that gets the job done faster, easier, AND safer!
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383 people found this review helpful.
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Speed Marker
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Posted by: Jeremy J from Montana on 6/14/2009
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This is as necessary of a tool for cutting wood as is a chainsaw. I can cut 2 cords a day by myself of fir and larch because of the time this saves measuring trees. A little practice on some junk wood and suddenly you become a measuring expert. It has worked so well for me that my dad strongly hinted what would make a great fathers day present for him. I wont bother cutting without it. Also the up-side down paint is easy to come by at any hardware store, and a can has lasted me a very long time. I'm glad the manufacture used a commercially available paint product.
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a little awkward but.....
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Posted by: Ian from Kentucky on 11/3/2008
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Works like a champ on straight logs or large (10"+) relatively straight branches, not so well if you are reducing a bushy tree to firewood. Ideally suited for cutting tall straight conifers out west. Also helps you to ID your firewood if it gets stolen, just pick an oddball paint color.
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