Question was there a dimension listed with this? If the answer is yes, I
believe it means the piiece should be slightly undersized. Just a hair
under the actual measurement.
Hope this makes it clear as mud.
D. Mo.
"Dustmaker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What is Oak scant? I'm serious. Never heard of it until I saw it in a
> published plan.
>
>
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:20:59 -0500, edard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dustmaker wrote:
>
>> What is Oak scant? I'm serious. Never heard of it until I saw it in a
>> published plan.
> It has to do with the moisture content and/or expansion due to moisture.
> Sorry, I have no specifics.
Little pieces. google for "oak scant" to see it in context.
Thu, Jul 15, 2004, 5:44pm (EDT+4) [email protected] (Dave=A0Hinz)
teaches:
Little pieces. google for "oak scant" to see it in context.
Or, look in a dictionary. I've heard scant, or scantling, heard
used, when I was a kid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scant \Scant\, a. [Compar. {Scanter}; superl. {Scantest}.] [Icel. skamt,
neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. skamta to dole out, to portion.] 1.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted
for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of
provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scant \Scant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Scanting}.] 1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint;
as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of
necessaries.
2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
Related to:
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scantling \Scant"ling\, n. [Cf. OF. eschantillon, F. ['e]chantillon, a
sample, pattern, example. In some senses confused with scant
insufficient. See {Scantle}, v. t.] 1. A fragment; a bit; a little
piece. Specifically: (a) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose;
a sample. [Obs.]
Such as exceed not this scantling; -- to be solace to the sovereign and
harmless to the people. --Bacon.
A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be
baptized so many years. --Milton. (b) A small quantity; a little bit;
not much. [Obs.]
Reducing them to narrow scantlings. --Jer. Taylor.
2. A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails,
etc.
3. The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and
thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.
4. A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scantling n : an upright in house framing [syn: {stud}]
JOAT
We've got a lot of experience of not having any experience.
- Nanny Ogg
J T
Thank you. I should have known that you would come through and tell me more
than I cared to know about the subject.
Dustmaker
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Thu, Jul 15, 2004, 5:44pm (EDT+4) [email protected] (Dave Hinz)
teaches:
Little pieces. google for "oak scant" to see it in context.
Or, look in a dictionary. I've heard scant, or scantling, heard
used, when I was a kid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scant \Scant\, a. [Compar. {Scanter}; superl. {Scantest}.] [Icel. skamt,
neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. skamta to dole out, to portion.] 1.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted
for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of
provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scant \Scant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Scanting}.] 1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint;
as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of
necessaries.
2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
Related to:
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scantling \Scant"ling\, n. [Cf. OF. eschantillon, F. ['e]chantillon, a
sample, pattern, example. In some senses confused with scant
insufficient. See {Scantle}, v. t.] 1. A fragment; a bit; a little
piece. Specifically: (a) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose;
a sample. [Obs.]
Such as exceed not this scantling; -- to be solace to the sovereign and
harmless to the people. --Bacon.
A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be
baptized so many years. --Milton. (b) A small quantity; a little bit;
not much. [Obs.]
Reducing them to narrow scantlings. --Jer. Taylor.
2. A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails,
etc.
3. The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and
thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.
4. A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scantling n : an upright in house framing [syn: {stud}]
JOAT
We've got a lot of experience of not having any experience.
- Nanny Ogg
Any free plans for some of those Oak Scants, JOAT?
"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Thu, Jul 15, 2004, 5:44pm (EDT+4) [email protected] (Dave Hinz)
teaches:
Little pieces. google for "oak scant" to see it in context.
Or, look in a dictionary. I've heard scant, or scantling, heard
used, when I was a kid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scant \Scant\, a. [Compar. {Scanter}; superl. {Scantest}.] [Icel. skamt,
neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. skamta to dole out, to portion.] 1.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted
for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of
provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scant \Scant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Scanting}.] 1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint;
as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of
necessaries.
2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
Related to:
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scantling \Scant"ling\, n. [Cf. OF. eschantillon, F. ['e]chantillon, a
sample, pattern, example. In some senses confused with scant
insufficient. See {Scantle}, v. t.] 1. A fragment; a bit; a little
piece. Specifically: (a) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose;
a sample. [Obs.]
Such as exceed not this scantling; -- to be solace to the sovereign and
harmless to the people. --Bacon.
A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be
baptized so many years. --Milton. (b) A small quantity; a little bit;
not much. [Obs.]
Reducing them to narrow scantlings. --Jer. Taylor.
2. A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails,
etc.
3. The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and
thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.
4. A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scantling n : an upright in house framing [syn: {stud}]
JOAT
We've got a lot of experience of not having any experience.
- Nanny Ogg
Fri, Jul 16, 2004, 1:38am [email protected] (Eric=A0Ryder)
questions:
Any free plans for some of those Oak Scants, JOAT?
Well, you've got to pay for what you want, and no oak, but you can
look for free. http://www.fredericks.com/default.asp?cookie%5Ftest=3D1
JOAT
We've got a lot of experience of not having any experience.
- Nanny Ogg
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:59:01 -0500, "Dustmaker"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>What is Oak scant? I'm serious. Never heard of it until I saw it in a
>published plan.
>
Crappy wood might be known as Oak scat. <G>
Barry
Dusty -
Never heard of it. Scant. Mebbie it's what you get when you buy hardwood
at the Borg and it doesn't scan. Even better, if'n you tell 'em it's OSB or
particleboard and they ring it up!
Any takers?
John Moorhead
"Dustmaker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What is Oak scant? I'm serious. Never heard of it until I saw it in a
> published plan.
>
>
"edard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Dustmaker wrote:
>
> > What is Oak scant? I'm serious. Never heard of it until I saw it in a
> > published plan.
> It has to do with the moisture content and/or expansion due to moisture.
> Sorry, I have no specifics.
> HTH
> --
You might have something there. A scant amount of moisture...very dry...like
a good martini.
"John Moorhead" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Dusty -
>
> Never heard of it. Scant. Mebbie it's what you get when you buy hardwood
> at the Borg and it doesn't scan. Even better, if'n you tell 'em it's OSB or
> particleboard and they ring it up!
>
> Any takers?
>
> John Moorhead
>
> "Dustmaker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > What is Oak scant? I'm serious. Never heard of it until I saw it in a
> > published plan.
> >
> >
I got some old barn planks made 'o oaks--can't get a nail into 'em
without drillin' first. It's frustratin' all my plans...;-)
Dan
"Dustmaker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> What is Oak scant? I'm serious. Never heard of it until I saw it in a
> published plan.
Looking at that website - it's not the wood that's scant, it's the
measurement.
Scant - as in "just shy of".
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:20:59 -0500, edard <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> What is Oak scant? I'm serious. Never heard of it until I saw it in a
>> published plan.
>It has to do with the moisture content and/or expansion due to moisture.
>Sorry, I have no specifics.
Here's a reference:
http://www.somersetfloors.com/plankmoisture_R.html
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Bill.