What Does the New Setworks Do?
Great question! What the setworks does is it measures the board for you. So if you’re cutting one-inch boards, it will lower the blade automatically to cut one-inch board after one-inch board after one inch. The computer setworks for your TimberKing sawmill isn’t only an add-on—the new setworks are a game-changer for your sawmill operations.
We offer TWO versions of the TimberKing Setworks:
- BASIC SETWORKS
Eight presets for your most common board sizes. One touch, perfect cuts every time. We offer Basic Setworks on our 1400 (optional) and our 1620 machines.
So you push a button for one inch and it will do a one-inch depth of cut, so a one-inch board. And, of course, you can combine those measurements. So if you need to do two inches, you can press the one inch twice. There’s also like one for inch and five-eighths and, and various dimensions. But by combining those, you can get different measurements. - PROGRAMMABLE SETWORKS
Fully customizable for ANY dimension you need. Plus, it measures from the BOTTOM of your stack—so every board comes out the exact same thickness, kerf accounted for. No guessing. No waste. Just precision cutting that saves you time and money.
Our more Advanced Setworks that come standard on our 2020 and up is completely programmable. So you can do any dimension you want, and again, it will lower the blade a set increment in order to get you the size board you want.
And yes, it has an allowance for the curve, so the board will be the proper size that you have specified.
The other thing that that Advanced Setworks does is it measures from the bottom of the stack – which is a pretty cool feature. Because if it doesn’t do that and your last board is a quarter inch, then the mill can’t cut down to a quarter inch. So then you’re gonna have a weird like inch and a quarter board left. But because it measures from the bottom, it’ll put that variance at the top of the stack. So then all of your boards going down will be one inch or all of your boards going down will be inch and a half or inch and a quarter or whatever you want.
Which version would work best for your operation?