Abstract: A straight-sawn shake (10) for roof and wall cladding is described. The shake (10) is comprised of a flat wooden board piece (11) of substantially predetermined thickness throughout. The wooden board piece (11) has opposed flat, substantially parallel, sawn surfaces (12,12') and parallel straight side sawn edges (13,13') and at least a straight sawn transverse rear end edge (14). The front end edge (14') may be a straight end edge or may have a decorative design. The board piece (11) is cut from a raw log piece (32) of predetermined length in block form (31). The method of fabricating the straight-sawn shake (10) and the apparatus (25) is also described.