Blackout@kbin.run to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world · 1 year ago2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5kbin.runimagemessage-square254fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1image2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5kbin.runBlackout@kbin.run to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square254fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekn33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThey were when the name was made, but due to changes in the manufacturing process, they aren’t anymore. The name stuck, though. https://www.popsci.com/two-by-four-lumber-measurements-explained/
minus-squarelad@programming.devcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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
They were when the name was made, but due to changes in the manufacturing process, they aren’t anymore. The name stuck, though.
https://www.popsci.com/two-by-four-lumber-measurements-explained/
So they can measure precisely, after all
Ans yet this piece is 1.28
1.28 is the new
21.5