Two Big Boys

[Tom L]

Wow Magicman, it seems like you've just about got the hang of this sawmilling thing. :D

I'm guessing that 12" wide cant was pretty tall when you finally got it squared up.  I find that turning tall cants like that can sometimes be challenging.  Do you ever have any trouble with those and have you got any tips you'd like to share?

I have the same problem also , sometimes I put a glove over the log turner to help hold it up and then try to finish it with the clamp, I also would be curious to know how the magician does it.

[Magicman]

Do you ever have any trouble with those and have you got any tips you'd like to share? 

I also would be curious to know how the magician does it. 

I thought that I answered it in Reply #9: 

but I did have to use the log clamp and turner together to roll them over

But I never said that handling those biguns was easy.   ;D

I handled even larger logs in the More Sinker Cypress thread.   ;D

[DeerMeadowFarm]

Very impressive MM! I personally like the water oak coloration better, but that's what makes the world go 'round!

[mesquite buckeye]

Where do you get those big logs without big lumps?

We are still looking for the first mesquite log that looks like that. :-\

[Magicman]

Oh, we have "lumps" too.  Here are the two logs pictured before they were trimmed and bucked to 8½'.


 
The Water Oak in the back shows a sizable lump (grown over limb stub) that was bucked off.

[hackberry jake]

For boards like that, I bet your customer would have been thrilled at any price!  Good thing he didn't want live edge slabs.  Nice job.  What pitch/hook angle did you use?

I'm pretty sure MM sticks to 7/8" Pitch and 10 degree WM bands.

[redprospector]

That is some nice looking lumber that came out of those 2 logs. 
I've sawn quite a few Douglas Fir that were that big, but I didn't like it while I was doing it. Could be because my log turner looks real similar to a cant hook.  :D I have resorted to a high lift jack to turn some of them. But none of them were as nice a lumber as the 2 you sawed.

[Magicman]

I'm pretty sure MM sticks to 7/8" Pitch and 10 degree WM bands. 

Thanks Jake.  I got sidetracked and forgot to answer, but you were correct.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I'm pretty sure MM sticks to 7/8" Pitch and 10 degree WM bands. 

Thanks Jake.  I got sidetracked and forgot to answer, but you were correct.

Should have put it in your OP and I would have read it. :D

[backwoods sawyer]

I'm guessing that 12" wide cant was pretty tall when you finally got it squared up.  I find that turning tall cants like that can sometimes be challenging.  Do you ever have any trouble with those and have you got any tips you'd like to share?

I use a three point move. Raise the log turner up and bring the cant away from the dogs. raise the clamp all the way up and bring it in close to the cant.


 
Lower the log turner.


 
and clamp to the dogs.


 
claw style turner may be different but the concept is the same. Note that the far end of the cant is not tight to the rail side, that helps the cant to not bind up in the turn.