By the way Queen Stevie, that illustration that you think is "another winner" clearly shows the log labeled as rift sawn being quartered before being cut into boards. That only proves that you should not believe everything you see on the internet.
EDIT: It looks as if craigd realizes that, but you or BrentD never will, because you are just too ignorant.
You can find any kind of drawing on the internet for riff sawed lumber.
When it comes to actual sawing, this depiction is not very good. No mill or even hobby sawer will be able to ceate the depicted stepped cuts. Even the plain sawn depiction requires way too many log rolls to complete, but the problem is a log isn't cylindrical, so the loss would be problematic.
