Sawmill

A sawmill comprising

• an elongate base for receiving a log or log cant for sawing by a saw blade movable along said base, wherein said base has a plurality of elongate structural members each extending cross-wise of said elongate base for supporting the log or log cant,
• at least one means for clamping the log or log cant to said base,
• wherein said at least one means for clamping includes a first clamp member for clampingly engaging one side of the log or log cant,
• wherein said at least one means for clamping also includes a second clamp member for clampingly engaging an other side of the log or log cant and which further includes means for moving said second clamp member in a direction cross-wise of said base,
• wherein said means for moving said second clamp member includes a threaded rod which extends cross-wise of said base and which is attached to said base in a manner to be rotatable, a handle attached to an end of said rod to effect rotation of said rod, and a trolley which includes said second clamp member,
• wherein said trolley further includes a pair of walls which have a pair of aligned vertically oblong apertures respectively for receiving said rod, a half nut fixedly attached to a bottom of one of said apertures and having threads which mate with threads on said threaded rod so that said rod can threadedly engage said half nut,
• wherein said apertures are sized such that said trolley can be tilted so that said threads of said threaded rod and said threads of said half nut can be disengaged and said trolley slid along said threaded rod to an approximate position for clampingly engaging said second clamp member to the log or log cant, then, with said trolley positioned upright and said threads of said threaded rod and said threads of said half nut re-engaged, said handle can be turned to apply clamping force by said second clamp member to the other side of the log or log cant.