There is a lot of manufacturing deviation with lumber. If you are that picky maybe you could try talking to one of the associates. They tend to know the best places to look and they may even help you measure.
Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 6 months ago
Good thing you checked, that’s ridiculous. If I’d cut a dado for some mixed stock and found out some of them were 1 & 1/3 instead of 1 & 1/2, I’d be pissed.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I worked construction in the early 2000s and there was no variation in lumber dimensions.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Go to Home depot and measure
intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Unfortunately I can’t time travel. The fact has changed.
glimse@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Dimensional lumber has negligible variance in width/depth most of the time which is why it’s called that. It’s really the length that’s a crapshoot. Gotta love when you buy a bunch of 10’ planks and a couple are a few inches short
OutsizedWalrus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Well, if your dadoing your probably not using soft wood dimensional lumber….
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 6 months ago
I’ve found some applications for it, honestly.
I made a work bench with oak 4x4s for legs and dado’d in pine 2x4s for the cross braces. Nice and sturdy with a good enough fit and no movement I noticed over the past 3 years.
mipadaitu@lemmy.world 6 months ago
For a dado, you’d better measure every board.
But in reality, if you’re looking for a perfect fit for construction lumber, you’d also better let it dry out for a week before measuring and fitting, cause it was probably 1.5" soaking wet from the yard, and shrank a bunch.