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Puckdropper
I've quartered logs, as this, before. Build a box, like a window planter box, with one side open and the inside measures slightly (1/16") larger than the diameter of the logs (not perfect cylinders). This is your sled. Attach the log to the box, at the ends, with screws in the three quardrants you will keep. Make two passes for each cut with the cut-away portion of the log on the opposite side of the blade as your fence, ie., your box will always be against the fence. Spin the box around and cut from the other end for your other cut, ie, your sled will, again, be against the fence. Multiple cuts, fast and easy. If the screw holes are an issue, carve some "dowels" from your scrap and drive them into the screw holes.
Sonny
I want to thank everyone for their help and show everyone how the logs turned out. I made my jig slightly longer than then length of the logs I needed for my project. It's hard to cut the end of a log perfectly square, so this will allow me to put my finished notched out logs on a piece of square lumber and then cut them off square on my miter saw.
Before I cut the first log, I ran my jig through the table saw to cut out the corners. Then I marked the center of each end of the log and just lined the mark up with the cut out corner of my jig.
This jig worked very well and I'm extremely pleased with the results.
Here are a few pictures:
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