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why is the US not Metric
Tepe:
--- Quote from: KL27x on November 22, 2019, 05:06:01 pm ---When I go to the hardware store, it will be so much better to be able to buy wood in 40x90's. No more 2x4's.
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Around here we have 45x95 mm.
xrunner:
--- Quote from: KL27x on November 22, 2019, 05:06:01 pm ---When I go to the hardware store, it will be so much better to be able to buy wood in 40x90's. No more 2x4's.
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... which are actually 1 1/2 x 3 1/2. :palm:
KL27x:
--- Quote ---... which are actually 1 1/2 x 3 1/2. :palm:
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Yeah, what kind of idiot calls a "one and a half by 3 and a half" a "two by four?" This is almost like rounding up just to make it easier to say. Why would anyone round to whole numbers? That's so quaint.
(I would have called it a "38.1 x 88.9," but I thought we metric club will also maybe round things and is ok?).
In metrication day, we will also send people to jobsites to inform them that "Sawsall is a trademark, folks. You are using a reciprocating saw. Please to use the proper name." This is true progress. 3x the syllables, 3x the accuracy. No more people thinking Milwaukee is the only company making reciprocating saws and the resulting mass confusion.
Also note to everyone. Please stop calling it weight, when everyone knows beyond a shadow of doubt you mean mass. This is holding up our flying cars and will cause confusion when we live on Mars.
While we're at it, repeat after me "facial tissue." You can do it. It's one small step for man, one giant leap towards flying cars.
KL27x:
--- Quote ---Around here we have 45x95 mm.
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So we all know the 2x4" starts out as ~2.0 x 4.0" at the lumbermill. And that it ends up ~1.5" x3.5" after letting it dry and warp and it gets recut. But even if it started out 2.5 x 4.5" at the mill, we would still call it a 2x4, because it's close to that when we get it.
45 x 95mm is not what 1.5 x2.5" rounds to. It's 38.1mm x 88.9mm. This rounds closer to 40 x 90. Is this a case of "Hey, if Americans can call it 2 x 4, it's not fair we have to call it a 40 x 90. It makes their price look better. Why not call it a 45 x 95!?"
I wonder if it's actually a different size or they also try to play some inflated number game? In America a 2x4 is actually very, very close to 1.50 x 3.50".
Tepe:
--- Quote from: KL27x on November 22, 2019, 09:39:40 pm ---45 x 95mm is not what 1.5 x2.5" rounds to. It's 38.1mm x 88.9mm. This rounds closer to 40 x 90. Is this a case of "Hey, if Americans can call it 2 x 4, it's not fair we have to call it a 40 x 90. It makes their price look better. Why not call it a 45 x 95!?"
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The 45x95 started out as 50x100 ...
Random link: https://wood-online.dk/shop/reglar-45x95-mm-1361p.html
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