Blackout@kbin.run to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world · 5 months ago2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5kbin.runimagemessage-square253fedilinkarrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square253fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYou aren’t serious are you…? Exaggeration Realistic answer Boards can shrink and grow due to moisture.
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoTrue, but the amount they shrink and grow across the grain tends to be proportional. A 2x4 is very rarely measurably different from 1.5"x3.5", but a 2x10 (like you’ve shown) is 1.5"x9 1/4" but is often anywhere between 9 1/8" to 9 3/8"
You aren’t serious are you…?
Exaggeration
Realistic answer
Boards can shrink and grow due to moisture.
True, but the amount they shrink and grow across the grain tends to be proportional. A 2x4 is very rarely measurably different from 1.5"x3.5", but a 2x10 (like you’ve shown) is 1.5"x9 1/4" but is often anywhere between 9 1/8" to 9 3/8"