Thanks man.
Here's a vid of me doing the log -
YouTube - Greg 12" log - 225x3 I think I've figured out the technique on it pretty well, I just haven't touched the log in months and have been only using an axle lately so the log is just awkward.
and here's a vid of me doing the dreaded 630 on yoke
YouTube - greg sucks at yoke I made a thread on marunde's site earlier this week and got lots of good tips that I'm gonna try to add in next time I do yoke, which may be this saturday.
As far as the SLD or RDL's.... I go to an inch or two off the floor I believe.