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Dimensional lumber tape measure (infosec.pub)

submitted 5 days 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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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A nightmare if you're following written measurements or working with other people, but as long as you use the same tape to measure how much you need and how much you have/are cutting, it should work out alright.

[–] Placid@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Unless you're building anything with speced sizes . Oops I framed the walls too short.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

That would be the following written measurements I mentioned.