Please advise - What is SCANT timber ??

[Maverick81]

I am familiar with regular Pine timbers PAR which I have used to make furniture. SCANT is not the same stuff is it - type/species/quality wise is it?
You wouldn't use SCANT to make anything furniture wise would you so there must be a difference.
From the little I have seen/experienced of SCANT it seems very bowed/cupped/twisted or any combination of the 3....anything but anywhere near straight. Also the grain/fibre structure seems much knarlier and unpleasant.

So can anyone please tell me What SCANT actually is - how it is produced ???

 

[Jackrae]

It grows on trees

Could be cut under-sized or has twisted/split after cutting and therefore of lower grade than the product the mill normally produces.

 

[foxhole]

Poorer rough sawn timber, usually for use on temporary structures or where it will be concealed.

 

[maltaron]

When I was on the tools many moons ago, we called it FIREWOOD.