Martin Harris - Moderator Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 1 hour ago, Bob Burton said: Talking of wood sizing, how about this ? Described as 3" x 2" but not that size at all Hasn’t planed all round timber always been undersized i.e. the nominal size is based on the sawn size? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Collinson Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 BTW, a meter is some sort of gauge, probably handy in an electric car. The SI unit of distance is a metre, unless in His Majesty’s former colonies. And yes I do know how to spell “pedant” as I have read it often. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 This is becoming a deep subject, I hope you can all fathom it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 You are Knot to worry, I'm ok ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cripps Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 I'm enjoying watching you all slug it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Burton Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 20 hours ago, Martin Harris - Moderator said: Hasn’t planed all round timber always been undersized i.e. the nominal size is based on the sawn size? I believe that it has, but that is no excuse for advertising one size and selling a smaller size What would you think if petrol was sold by the litre but you only got 900mL for every "litre" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 I don’t see anything wrong in this example Bob. The size is (I assume) described accurately in mm and the Imperial description is a long standing convention which predates metrification by decades (at least). No chippy would ever expect a length of 4 x 2 PAR to measure 4” by 2”… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Burton Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 20 hours ago, Martin Harris - Moderator said: No chippy would ever expect a length of 4 x 2 PAR to measure 4” by 2”… I know that, and it is a lost cause, but it still grates with me. At least in this example the actual size is quoted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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