Quarter sawing
（重定向自Quartersaw）
![Diagram of quarter sawing logs 16-19 inches](/Images/godic/202502/05/Quartersawing-16-19-inches1916.jpg")
![Diagram of quarter sawing logs over 19 inches](/Images/godic/202502/05/Quartersawing-over-19-inches1916.jpg")
![quarter sawn surface, showing ray fleck (modest in this case)](/Images/godic/202502/05/Cedrus_wood1916.jpg")
Quarter sawing is a type of cut in the rip-sawing of logs into lumber. The resulting lumber is called quartersawn (quarter-sawn), quartered, and radially-sawn. There is widespread confusion between the terms quartersawn and riftsawn with both words defined with opposite meanings and as synonyms.