On Ana's old site she used to have the actual sizes of dimensional lumber posted. I can't find this on the new site. Is it here somewhere and I'm just missing it?
I'm sorry, Hillbilly Rockstar is right when refering to the width of the wood. The 1/4" is for the thickness of the wood. When you buy unsurfaced wood the price is based on the thickness, so that's where my brain runs. When I was in school I used to figure out material costs for my parents woodworking business. That's also a great way to get realy comfortable working with fractions.
OkieJoe
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 18:03
I haven't seen it on the new site, but it's also here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.....nal_lumber. Hope this helps
claydowling
Wed, 02/02/2011 - 05:57
Easiest way to remember it is 1/4" under stated size. The dimensions given are for the rough lumber, they lose 1/4" to surfacing.
HillbillyRockstar
Fri, 02/25/2011 - 19:08
1/2"
furniturerocks979
Sun, 02/27/2011 - 15:49
I have found this site to be helpful, http://mistupid.com/homeimpr/lumber.htm
claydowling
Sun, 02/27/2011 - 16:38
I'm sorry, Hillbilly Rockstar is right when refering to the width of the wood. The 1/4" is for the thickness of the wood. When you buy unsurfaced wood the price is based on the thickness, so that's where my brain runs. When I was in school I used to figure out material costs for my parents woodworking business. That's also a great way to get realy comfortable working with fractions.