My difficult customer ...one reason I don't saw for other people

[moodnacreek]

Y.H., Your posts are very informative and interesting to me even though I do almost nothing like you do. For one thing, these days I don't concentrate on grade lumber or 1/4 sawn like I used to.  Actually 2 extremes; trailer plank and rough circle cut live edge as they say. You would cringe to watch me slice up a nice walnut to wide 'slabs' [I don't like that term] with no regard to the clear lumber that could have been.    Looking at you photos I can see that you have put your heart into your operation and I do try everyday to take steps to save steps.  Keep posting, Doug

[Andries]

The thread has taken a turn from sawing for others, to a discussion of process steps to produce lumber.
It seems that Brad_bb is posting about the many, many things it takes to run a sawmill and produce quality lumber, while Yellowhammer is offering up a way to get the maximum amount of quartersawn lumber from a big oak log.
Apples and oranges, gentlemen. The juice ain't worth the squeeze if you're not talking about the same thing.
Like Brad, my hat goes off to you Yellowhammer, for showing us a novel way of milling that we can use if it adds to our operation.
Another tool in the toolbox.

[Brad_bb]

Oh yes, that is my point.  That was my point with my last post.  You can't compare the 38 minutes to my time as we are comparing apples to oranges.  Many steps in one, that are not in the other.  Much different equipment.  Very different hourly cost as well I'm sure.  Most sawing for production would probably just saw, flat stack and leave the rest for the customer.   Would have been nice if he'd brought me logs instead of trees as well.  As a wise man once said, logs roll, trees do not.

I don't disagree that RRQS would be far better and faster on a Hydraulic mill than my manual mill.  I would love to add hydraulics to my mill, and a custom RRQS clamp.  I value YH and all those contributing on this post.  Please don't assume I'm being snarky or negative, as that is rarely if ever my intention.  

The point of this post was the frustrations of dealing with a customer that doesn't value your time, but only their own.  What I did for him, is what I would have done with my own wood.