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:)
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2x4 is the rough cut not the finished cut that is sold in the store. If you shopped at a proper lumber yard, you can usually get rough cut lumber if you want to finish it yourself.
you know what, fuck that name. how about you dicks call it something better?
The 1/4 lb burger doesnt have a 1/4 lb of cooked beef, either. Its a 1/4 lb of uncooked beef.
Sure but I don´t think anyone goes "well I have this project where I need to precision-fit a bunch of made-to-measure hamburgers together"
We're talking construction boards here; these boards are going to be cut to within 1/16th and then butt jointed with two 16d nails.
With precision end trimmed studs, you're probably not going to even touch them with a cutting tool, you'll pull it off the pallet and nail it in place.
They are cut to within 1/8th inch at best, and 1/4 was more likely. I was in construction for a while and this is what we did. Wood is not suitable for higher tolerance work: humidity and temperature change dimensions significantly, if you want something more accurate you need to use metals.
No one is precision-fitting framing studs, lol.
The sawyer wants to be paid for how much tree it took to make that board. The woodworker wants to pay for how much wood is in that board. What does the lumber yard charge?
whatever they want to
And more for walnut.