Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 months agoOkay, are we talking about “boards sold as 2x10s might vary in width from board to board?” Because I took you to mean that a given dried and milled 2x10 might move up to an inch, which it had better fucking not. Because yeah, the likes of Georgia Pacific are going to be a bit sloppy with the final dimensions of 2x10s, because it rarely matters that much for what that board is going to be used for.
I’m a woodworker, I buy rough sawn lumber dried over a period of months, I shop dry it for a couple weeks then mill it myself. I can predict with a fair degree of accuracy how much it will move.
A sawyer is an occupational term for a person who operates a sawmill. My sawyer’s name is Bill.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Okay I just wanted to make sure you were talking out of your ass. Your mill and miller uses hand tools? Because that’s what a sawyer is dude…
Give it up. Yes a 2x10 can move 1/2 while drying, if you used them, you would know and understand this.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
From Wikipedia:
Operator of a sawmill = sawyer.
A 2x10 can move a half inch while drying? Sure. It shouldn’t be “while drying” while the construction crew is installing it.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Follow those wiki links, they all use hand tools, to use it to refer to one who operates machined mills would be incorrect since there is already a term.
A miller operates a sawmill.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
The word “Sawmill” from my quote was a link. This is the first picture on the page it links to. Hell of a hand tool that guy’s using.
You’re not only stupid, you’re dishonest. I bet you vote Republican.