Canter or wayne

[Nellie Skallerup]

Hi Friends,

I am helping edit a booklet on a woodworking project. The author used the phrase "canter or wayne" - I am not super familiar with woodworking lingo and am having a hard time getting confirmation from google searching on this phrase. Am I spelling it right? Does anyone know the history behind this phrase?

Thanks!

[Richard Coers]

Lumber wane https://www.culpeperwood.com/resources/product-education/grades-of-lumber/
Log cant https://woodmizer.com/us/sawmilling-and-forestry-glossary
or a cant hook for rolling logs

Wayne Canter may be a member here, I didn't look. LOL

[Jim Morgan]

Hi Friends,

I am helping edit a booklet on a woodworking project. The author used the phrase "canter or wayne" - I am not super familiar with woodworking lingo and am having a hard time getting confirmation from google searching on this phrase. Am I spelling it right? Does anyone know the history behind this phrase?

Thanks!

A couple of related definitions:

Cant: a wedge-shaped block of wood, especially one remaining after the better-quality pieces have been cut off.
"a squared-off cant remains, containing the knottiest wood"

Wane: the amount by which a plank or log is beveled or falls short of a squared shape.
"I cut the log into slabs without removing the outside wane" (Waney means "wavy edged")

[Nellie Skallerup]

Lumber wane https://www.culpeperwood.com/resources/product-education/grades-of-lumber/
Log cant https://woodmizer.com/us/sawmilling-and-forestry-glossary
or a cant hook for rolling logs

Wayne Canter may be a member here, I didn't look. LOL

Wayne Canter is WAY more popular on google than the phrase "canter or wayne" ! lol. Thanks for pointing me to these resources!

[Phil Mueller]

Yes, as stated above, I believe the spelling is “wane”. The opposite of the term “wax”, which means to grow or increase.