Picture of scale on mill.

[D._Frederick]

WWW,

The old time sawyers use to figure all the cuts out in there head as they sawed, they never had any shim cuts. They figured were the first slap cut would be and cut from there with no waste cut.

You Accuset will do the same thing and much faster.

[Fla._Deadheader]

  Maybe so "D", but, it's fun pullin a 12' cut off a log thats so thin the sun shines through. Makes the log owners smile. They KNOW you are gettin all the boards, cause you didn't waste that "shim" by leavin it in the slab  

[DR_Buck]

When I need to change the thickness after starting to cut the cant,  say  4/4 to 6/4 or something else, I lower the blade (not cutting) onto the top of the cant and adjust the sliding scale to the new dimension (or at the end of the cut before changing the blade height adjust the sliding scale). Then I start cutting down at the new thickness.  If I end up with a odd thickness I try cut it from the center of the pith.

I'm planning on making a scale for standard framing lumber dimensions with sticky back paper printed from the computer and sticking it on an aluminum strip in place of the standard woodmizer sliding scale.

Dave

[Danny_S]

I was thinking of using a sliding scale, it would only have to be about 9" long because that is all that I can cut between the blade and the head crossmember. So after the cut, before any adjustments, zero the sliding scale then set the next dimension.   Awesome,... I like it.