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A handmade home for woodworkers and admirers of woodworkers. Our community icon is submitted by @inquanto@lemmy.world, winner of the Christmas 2025 gift contest with a lovely series of hardwood cutting boards.

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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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[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

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.