Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoYou’d think so, but no.
Short story is the ‘nominal’ size is the size before going into a planer to smooth the faces.
Yes, it makes little sense, like many things related to construction stuff.
dukatos@lemm.ee 6 months ago
maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s not a 2x4 it’s a “2x4.”
bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And if you’re a fan of quotation marks you could call it a “2"x4”."
FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
You have to escape the quotes…
“2\"x4\"” or use differing quotes ‘2"x4"’
mortimerkahn@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I think this is an excellent time to point out that curl quotes (“ ”) are what are typographically used for quotations and apostrophes and hash marks (" ‘) are what are used for feet and inches. So it would look something like:
“ 2"× 4’ ”
(Spacing is still a bit ugly, I’d kern me some quote marks)
jaybone@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In CSV, you escape a double quote with a double quote.
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
You did that on purpose, you misanthrope.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
ah the infamous NaN lumber 🤣
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
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Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
nominal
lgmjon64@lemmy.world 6 months ago
[deleted]SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This one of those things that sounds correct, but isn’t even remotely true. Like not at all, not even based on anything even.
Wall finishes varies in thickness, and the milled wood also varies in final dimensions depending on moisture content.
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Their comment made me almost consider posting an emoji on Lemmy.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Wall finished vary in thickness wildly
When I was designing kitchens, I and literally everyone in the construction industry around me all assumed that drywall was 1/2”
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 6 months ago
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Factually incorrect; the board is 2 inches by 4 inches (or whatever the marked dimension is) when rough sawn. After kiln drying and milling, it will be 1.5" thick and 3.5" wide. It still took 2 by 4 inches of the tree to make so that’s what you pay for.
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Do I get the sawdust in a bag with it?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Maybe, if you ask the sawyer nicely.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah sorry. The tree was originally 50ft tall so we call the pieces that. But you only get 3ft
Is like buying 1200lbs steaks because that’s what the cow weighs before it gets parted
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Better example would be raw vs cooked weight of a 1/4lb paddy.
AmidFuror@fedia.io 6 months ago
Exactly. Because it is easier to weigh the correct amount before cooking than find out you were wrong after.
But you should probably be feeding Patrick more.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s a very small area to grow rice in.
EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Or a very offended Irish person.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 6 months ago
A full bag of crisps, but a third is just air