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Lumber isn't 'weird' the sizes make perfect sense... If you go to a home depot and ask for something 2x4x8ft, it will not be 2.00 by 4.00 inches or 8ft long, w
by 001sky 14y ago
Lumber isn't 'weird' the sizes make perfect sense...
If you go to a home depot and ask for something 2x4x8ft, it will not be 2.00 by 4.00 inches or 8ft long, when measured with a caliper. Its weird in the sense that the stated sizes are only approximate, quite unlike hardware or fasteners, wrenches etc.
- jacquesm 14y agoThose sizes are what they are because of the way lumber is produced. When the mill mills them they're 'true'. But they're also rough. So then they get planed which takes a bit of wood away from all four lengthwise sides. The keep their name though. This is a convention and a quite confusing one if you're not familiar with the process.