Making Shingles For Buildings on the Homestead

Making shingles. With a log placed in the saw 
buck, two people use a greased saw   to cross cut a bolt approximately two feet long. The bark is then stripped from the bolt. A fro and mallet is used to 
split shingles from the bolt. Shingles now ready, he bundles them 
and heads for the building site..

As found on YouTube

See also  proportional divider — the basics