I hope it’s not against the rules here, just saw this woodworking related xkcd that I enjoyed and thought it might be appreciated here:)
Damn creative measuring.
Except that all of the board length measurements will not work out.
A nightmare if you’re following written measurements or working with other people, but as long as you use the same tape to measure how much you need and how much you have/are cutting, it should work out alright.
Unless you’re building anything with speced sizes . Oops I framed the walls too short.
That would be the following written measurements I mentioned.
As someone getting into woodworking, I just opted for metric from the get go. Already used to it from custom cooling pc building where everything is machined and measured in mm’s so the biggest ask was sourcing tools in metric, which isn’t much to ask these days as most are dually measured
Not worth my time playing fractions games
Can I get some dimensionless lumber?
I think this also applies to dimensionless shapes. https://preview.redd.it/5zdt1ye5ej511.jpg?auto=webp&s=66da2867d8fdf7b5bb9fdf9c2f0d499188681719
Best I can do is interdimensional lumber
You get that at Bed Bath & Beyond in the Beyond section, right?
Twin Peaks on 2x4
Have you hard of our lord and savior, the metric system?
We have but Canada sells so much construction supplies to the US that we don’t use metric for it.
???
Even metric is under-sized on dressed timber 4x2" ~ 100x50mm => 90x45m dressed
Yeah, but then we just use the 90x45mm as a measurement…
Also if I remember correctly it’s sold as 89x44. 45mm was only used for I-joists
I reflexively cringed with my whole face seeing “lumber” and “measure” in the same sentence.
Look up what the fuck Board Feet is. Then imagine trying teach other people how to measure for board feet. Then imagine everyone misremembering and misinterpreting how to do it.
Fuck board feet.
Lee Valley used to sell a blank tape measure, for pure, real-valued metrical madness.
Basically a storey stick.
That’s the idea, but significantly more expensive than a scrap piece of 1x4.
Plus for actual accuracy I’d want to score it.
