▲ 713 ▼ 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5 (kbin.run) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Blackout@kbin.run to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 272 comments fedilink hide all child comments I dont know why they have to lie about it. At $5/8ft board you'd think I paid for the full 1.5. Edit: I mixed up nominal with actual.
[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 54 points 2 years ago (4 children) Why is 2x2 meant to be 1.5x1.5 and not 2x2? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] pythonoob@programming.dev 34 points 2 years ago Premill size vs sale size. Something like that. Probably not the correct term. Similar to how steak is measures in precooked weights. permalink fedilink source parent [–] VeryNiiiice@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago 2x4 is the rough cut dimensions from the sawmill. They end up smaller after drying (wood can hold a lot of water) and planing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] phx@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago *Planed/straight wood versus raw lumber. It threw me off when I first started building stuff and summed that a 2x4 was actually 2"x4" in all my measurements/plans *Or it would be straight if you're lucky and don't pick from the top of the bin at Home Depot permalink fedilink source parent [–] towerful@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago The old * uncooked weight permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 34 points 2 years ago Premill size vs sale size. Something like that. Probably not the correct term. Similar to how steak is measures in precooked weights. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VeryNiiiice@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago 2x4 is the rough cut dimensions from the sawmill. They end up smaller after drying (wood can hold a lot of water) and planing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phx@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago *Planed/straight wood versus raw lumber. It threw me off when I first started building stuff and summed that a 2x4 was actually 2"x4" in all my measurements/plans *Or it would be straight if you're lucky and don't pick from the top of the bin at Home Depot permalink fedilink source parent
[–] towerful@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago The old * uncooked weight permalink fedilink source parent
