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Thinking that there might be a typo in the comic - It says : A "1x8" IS "3/4 BY 7 1/8", yet it should be "3/4 BY 7 1/4". | Thinking that there might be a typo in the comic - It says : A "1x8" IS "3/4 BY 7 1/8", yet it should be "3/4 BY 7 1/4". | ||
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I was under the impression this was actually a thing that exists, somewhere. (Separate and apart from so-called "shrink rules" used by patternmakers who create patterns for metal castings). No? JohnHawkinson (talk) 00:36, 6 September 2025 (UTC)
https://www.inchcalculator.com/actual-size-of-dimensional-lumber/ for reference --- MEL
- Wikipedia has a similar table. Interestingly, if the values on this table are correct, the xkcd measure fails for the 8 x 8 board. 2605:59C8:160:DB08:988B:772A:4E5:B209 02:18, 6 September 2025 (UTC)
- "I was under the impression this was actually a thing that exists, somewhere" - if doesn't exist now, it soon will. 70.115.234.146 03:59, 6 September 2025 (UTC)
Thinking that there might be a typo in the comic - It says : A "1x8" IS "3/4 BY 7 1/8", yet it should be "3/4 BY 7 1/4".
I no longer want to be a lumberjack! 2A02:2455:1960:4000:748F:2291:F005:1989 06:57, 6 September 2025 (UTC)
