just in the works of having some walnut and cherry slabbed up. i think i'm going to, for the most part, get them cut between 8/4 and 12/4. i don't want to sound misinformed but i'm now a sawyer and i have never had lumber cut for me. so i want to be able to tell the guy exactly what i want.

when slabbing logs do you cut slabs until you get right above the pitch, then cut the next slab to include the pith and just cut this board into 2 pieces removing the center?

may sound like a dumb question but i'll own that haha

thanks!