i would think with a name like footie you would support the banWhile I don't believe it for a second, it would make sense. Let Harper's attack on logic continue....
Touchei would think with a name like footie you would support the ban
2X4's are 3.5 inches by 1.75 inches even in the US. They shrink during kiln drying and "finishing".I'm tired of buying hardware with some Chinese machinist's best guesses at Imperial dimensions, and stupid Phillips screws instead of Robertsons. We should finish the job and get with the rest of the world instead of going down w/ the Americans. Didya know they're still measuring nails by pennyweights? Horse and buggy stuff. If it wasn't bad enough that evejn back then a 2x4 wasn't 2x4, we long ago converted some of our sheet goods into metric. But since BM the PM pulled the plug on changing over, no one's ever really sure which 4x8 sheet isn't and whether that 1/2" ply is really some millimetre dimension and not 1/2" at all. No way to lead the developed world into the new century.
That feet and inches tape measure says 'Stolen from RMS Titanic' on it somewhere. And unlike what little Jacob's teachers are telling him: Accuracy does count.
its not just the drying - 2x4 is the unfinished wood- its smalled once they smooth off all the rough edges.2X4's are 3.5 inches by 1.75 inches even in the US. They shrink during kiln drying and "finishing".
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whoops. i am gettin old and don't see that good.Do I have to bold the"finishing" in post #11![]()
Once again train, you're steaming on w/o reading:2X4's are 3.5 inches by 1.75 inches even in the US. They shrink during kiln drying and "finishing".
Well red you've fooled yet some more.
and replying w/ the obvious and irrelevant. Working with them daily, I'm well aware of modern stock lumber sizes and where the names, that don't match the dimensions, come from. And I have more than passing familiarity with old stock that was actually cut at 2x4, and likely still was when sold and built green. Unlike today's stock that isn't even cut at 2x4.oldjones said:…even back then[emphasis added] a 2x4 wasn't 2x4,…
Well if you would make your points coherently instead of rambling on about lumber perhaps more people would understand you. The point you missed in this whole thread was the tongue-in-cheek nature of it.The point you missed is that measurement systems should reduce, not perpetuate, and certainly never increase inaccuracy. As our partly obsolete and bizarre current hybrid 'system' does.
Your winke would still be less than 2 inches or centimetres regardless of which measurement we use.i think its good since we can have the same measurements as our biggest trading partner.