Make a cut… flip it over… make another cut… sand if needed.
I am all about reproducible process and taking the opportunity to expand my capability.
Current plan is to buy one of these: * http://www.amazon.com/Beam-Machine-Chainsaw-Attachment-13in-L/dp/B000HD4LUK with a chainsaw and set up up to provide me the ability to do controlled cuts
This will allow me to then process some unsplit rounds, which I am thinking about carving some heads into… as well as meet this immediate cutting need…
The conversation on how to cross cut that is interesting, but I’d really love to know how you carved that face on the CNC? Did you remove the bed and somehow mount the log end up so material surface is on the XY plane?
Here is the link to my documentation of my build.
Essentially I bought a 44" square Kreg table and mounted a piece of 3/4" MDF on top if it.
I cut the MDF into 3 equally wide pieces.
The left and right piece are attached to the frame.
the middle piece lifts out.
That allows me to violate Z if I have a tall piece i want to carve 
If I need ever a piece of wasteboard I just clamp it to the XC frame.
here are my flickr photos for actually carving that:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/soaringhorse/albums/72157667414591252
That’s awesome. First time I’ve ever seen a setup like that. “violate Z”, brilliant.
I have absolutely no idea what I am doing,
so I have no idea what will work and what will not
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The honest answer here is ‘a random piece of firewood’
but I think the technical answer you are looking for is ‘probably some white maple…’
honestly, no clue, but it did turn out way better than I expected.
they mix some hardwood in with the pine and other stuff.
so I have a few pieces, not very many…
my plan is to get squared away a bit and go ask them if I can some raw lengths that are unsplit and see what I can do with those…
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I thought a hand saw was best plan too