In the same way two or three 1" boards are taken off, the dogs are then knocked out, and the log canted over half a revolution.

This is done by means of the "steam nigger," Fig.

40, a long, perpendicular toothed bar which comes up thru the floor, engages the log, and turns it over till the sawn side comes up against the knees of the carriage.

The log is dogged again and a second slab and several boards are taken off.

The log or "stock" as it is now called, is 10", 12", 14", or 16" thick; the "nigger" then gives it a quarter-turn, leaving it lying on a sawn side.