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Dimensional lumber tape measure (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago by mko@slrpnk.net to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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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:)

https://xkcd.com/3138

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[–] Placid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unless you're building anything with speced sizes . Oops I framed the walls too short.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

That would be the following written measurements I mentioned.