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Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5

kn33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

They were when the name was made, but due to changes in the manufacturing process, they aren’t anymore. The name stuck, though.

popsci.com/two-by-four-lumber-measurements-explai…

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sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

So don’t fret. The next bundle of 2-by-4s you pick up in the hardware store are certain to be the exact same size: 1.5-by-3.5 inches.

So they can measure precisely, after all

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- derpgon@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Ans yet this piece is 1.28
  
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  - sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    1.28 is the new 2 1.5
    
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