Abstract: A system for orienting cants for edging by the side cutters in an edger including an infeed unit for moving the cant into the edger along a prescribed path; a manually controllable positioning assembly remotely of the infeed unit for selectively positioning the cant with respect to a positioning axis to preorient the cant with respect to the positioning axis; a sensing device operatively connected to the positioning assembly for sensing the position of the cant with respect to the positioning axis when the cant is preoriented with respect to the positioning axis; memory unit operatively connected to the sensing device for storing the sensed position of the cant with respect to the positioning axis; a conveyor for selectively moving the cant from the positioning assembly to the infeed unit; an infeed stop responsive to the sensed position stored in the memory unit to position the cant with respect to the edging path with the same orientation the cant had with respect to the positioning axis when the cant was p

Abstract: An infeed table for an edging device adapted to trim the longitudinal wane edges of a sawn cant to produce dimensioned lumber as the cant is moved therethrough along a prescribed edging path including an infeed conveyor for moving the sawn cant into the edging device along the edging path; and a pair of positioning assemblies are positioned along the infeed conveyor means at spaced apart positions to selectively clamp the cant therein and shift the cant transversely of the edging path to orient the cant with respect to the edging path. A manual control is provided for the positioning assemblies to selectively shift the cant and an automatic control is also provided for shifting the positioning assemblies to a position centered on the edging path when the manual control is not activated. A set control is provided for causing the positioning assemblies to shift one edge of the cant to fixed distance from the edging path.