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Dimensional lumber tape measure (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 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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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Nah, it’s just they buy wet wood and it twists as it dries. Also, places like Lowe’s likes to stack a lot of wood vertically, so they get that nice bow in them for all those rocking chairs people want to build.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 points 8 hours ago

Lot's of rocking chair supplies in Europe too :/