From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 27 13: 1:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from magellan.palisadesys.com (magellan.palisadesys.com [192.188.162.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DA9137B419 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:00:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mira (mira.palisadesys.com [192.188.162.116]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by magellan.palisadesys.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2RL0Gw22620 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified NO); Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:00:16 -0600 From: "Guy Helmer" To: , , "Warner Losh" Subject: RE: Introducing... me... yay Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:01:05 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20020327215246.A32026@freebie.xs4all.nl> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:53 PM Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 01:49:29PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > In message > > Robert Watson writes: > > : I think it ends up being a lot more like 1.25"x2.5". No doubt someone > > : will correct me with the real number. This falls into the category of > > > > Not quite. A 2x4 is 2" x 4" when it is rough cut, less 1/8" for the > > saw blade kerf (which is split between two boards). When it is smooth > > finished, another 1/8" all around the board are planes off. In the > > end a 2x4 that you get at the local hardware store is 1 5/8" by 3 5/8" > > > > I've started seeing that some "stud grade" 2x4s are even a little > > smaller than this, no doubt someone wanting to make an extra buck off > > the tree. Also, thin kerf saw blades have replaced the thick ones, so > > one could easliy produce a thin planed 2x4 that was 1 7/8 x 3 7/8", > > but since the standard size for the end product is smaller, some > > Here speaketh the Home Depot fanatic.. This thread certainly beats reading the flame fest of the day[0]! Guy (who has hauled and installed 250+ 2x4's from Lowes into his basement over the past two months) [0] Redirected to chat to avoid starting yet another flame war :-( To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message