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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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.