Flitch surfacing apparatus

A cutter head for removing an outer circumferential surface of a flitch, said outer circumferential surface resembling a semicircle in cross-section, said cutter head comprising:

• a shaft;
• a blade mounted on said shaft, wherein material of said flitch is removable by said blade by rotating said shaft when said blade is engaged against said flitch;
• at least one bushing including a bore therethrough, wherein said shaft runs through said bore, wherein a flange is eccentrically formed about said bore on said at least one bushing;
• a leading guide mounted on said flange of said at least one bushing, wherein said flange axially offsets said leading guide with respect to said shaft, wherein said guide is operatively arranged to support said cutter head against said flitch while said cutter head is removing said outer circumferential surface;
• and,
• wherein a radial distance between a tip of said blade and said leading guide at least partially determines a cutting depth that said cutter head cuts into said flitch, and wherein due to said flange being eccentrically formed about said bore and said guide being mounted on said flange, said radial offset is determined based on a rotational orientation of said at least one bushing about said shaft.