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1.1 Roll the log onto the log beds.
1.2 Secure the log in place using
the log clamps.
1.3 Engage the ratchet cam with
the help of the ratchet bar.
1.4 Raise the log so that a suitable
slab size will be cut off. Normally,
the top end of the log is raised
1/4’’ or 1/2’’ (one or two clicks)
above the root end so that the
cut will be parallel to the grain.
1.5 Secure the log so that it can
not rotate. This should be done
prior to each cut.
1.6 Cut off the slab.
1.7 For larger logs you raise
the log bed to cut another,
waneyedged board (e.g. 2 1/4’’,
nine clicks, for a 2’’ board).
2.1 Make the saw cut and then
rotate the log 180 degrees.
2.2 For small logs, now set the
cant height to 6’’, e.g. The log
beds are at the same height. For
larger logs, set to 7 1/4’’ or 8 1/4’’
e.g., if you want to cut a 1’’ or 2’’
board before cutting the height of
the cant.
2.3 Cut off the slab and, when
necessary, the waney-edged
board.
3.1 Rotate the cant 90 degrees.
Secure it. Set the height to a
suitable slab size. Once more,
the top end should be set slightly
higher than the root end.
3.2 Raise both log beds equally
much, while retaining the
difference in height between
them, and cut boards until
approx. 4’’ (10 cm) remain of the
cant. Always remeber to add 1/4’’
to the desired board thickness to
compensate for the kerf.
4.1 Rotate the cant 180° and
set both log beds to the same
height. If the last boards to be cut
are a 1’’ board and a 2’’ board,
you set both log beds to 3 1/4’’
(2’’+1/4’’+1’’).
4.2 Cut off the last slab. Raise 1
1/4’’. Cut the 1’’ board.
4.3 What you have left now, is a
2’’ board.
5 Place the waney-edged boards
on their edges. Secure the boards
and then edge them.
As always, adjust the height of
the log beds when you have a
bark side resting on them, and set
the log beds to the same height
when you have turned the boards
over and have the edged side
facing downwards.
SAWING: STEP BY STEP
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