Patent ID: 6895843

Claim:
A method of sawing a succession of boards from a cant of a succession of cants, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a band saw having a substantially horizontal blade portion for cutting a board of said succession of boards from a top portion of said cant; (b) vertically positioning said horizontal blade portion of said band saw for engaging said top portion of said cant; (c) transporting said cant of said succession of cants in a forward direction past said horizontal blade portion of said band saw so that said board is cut from said top portion of said cant; then (d) transporting said cant of said succession of cants in a reverse direction past said horizontal blade portion of said band saw while also engaging said board, cut from said top portion of said cant, downstream of said horizontal blade portion of said band saw so as to prevent said board cut from said top portion of said cant from passing in said reverse direction past said horizontal blade portion of said band saw.