It is dogged again, and all sawn up except enough to make a few boards.

This last piece is given a half-turn, bringing the sawn side against the knees, and it is sawn up.

Each board as it is sawn off is thrown by the board-flipper or cant-flipper,[2] Fig.

41, on to the "live rollers," which take it to the next process.

Another log comes on the carriage and the process is repeated.
[Footnote 2: A "cant" is a squared or partly squared log.] [Illustration: Fig.40.The Steam Nigger.