Market Forms ofTimber
Following are various forms in which the timber is available in the market : (1) Batten: This is a timber piece whose breadth and thickness do not exceed 50 m m. (2) Baulk : It is a roughly squared timber piece and it is obtained by removing bark and sapwood. One of the cross-sectional dimension exceeds 50 mm, while the other exceeds 200 mm. ( 3) Board : It is a plank i.e. a timber piece with parallel sides. Its thickness is less than 50 mm and its width exceeds 150 mm. (4) Deal : It is a piece of softwood with parallel sides. Its thickness varies from 50 mm to 100 mm and its width does not exceed 230 mm. (5) End : This is a short piece of the batten, deal, scantling, etc. (6) Log : It is the trunk of the tree obtained after the removal of branches. (7) Plank : It is a timber piece with parallel sides. Its thickness is less than 50 mm and its width exceeds 50 mm . (8) Pole : It is a sound long log of wood. Its diameter does not exceed 200 mm. It is also known a...