Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

How big is a four by two?

Options
  • 08-08-2013 9:49pm
    #1
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭


    Went to the DIY store (US) bought a piece of 4x2 wood.

    Measured.

    1.5 inches by 3.5 inches. :confused:

    How big should a piece of 4x2 be?


Comments

  • Options
    #2
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,188 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Geez MsdsL you make some threads don't ya :pac:


  • Options
    #3
    paulmclaughlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭paulmclaughlin


    Americans are used to over-measuring in inches.


  • Options
    #4
    KK4SAM
    Registered Users Posts: 735 ✭✭✭KK4SAM


    MadsL wrote: »
    Went to the DIY store (US) bought a piece of 4x2 wood.

    Measured.

    1.5 inches by 3.5 inches. :confused:

    How big should a piece of 4x2 be?


    4.00" X 2.00" is Rough Timber 3.5" X 1.5 would be the finished (Plained) piece.


  • Options
    #5
    Miguel_Sanchez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,417 ✭✭✭Miguel_Sanchez


    If you go by the system of measurement I just invented a '4x2' would be 'turquoise by ambiguity'.


  • Options
    #6
    Odelay
    Registered Users Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Odelay


    American 2x4 measures 38x89mm planed all over. Is that what you got?


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #7
    chosen1
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭chosen1


    It's cut 4 x 2 in the sawmill but timber always shrinks when it dries out.


  • Options
    #8
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    If it is rough sawn it is four inches by two inches.

    If you want it planed (smooth) the same size goes through the planer but comes out approx 90mm × 45mm.


  • Options
    #9
    Gatling
    Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    So you wanted 4x2 and got 3.5 x 1.5

    Fraud I say fraud
    360_F_102352090_ie3kLjDIvgrT1sxVDknWCUh8PxgMYzM7.jpg




  • Options
    #10
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    If I remember correctly the size refers to the unplaned size. When its planed to straighten the faces it slightly narrows.


  • Options
    #11
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    Men are used to over- measuring in inches..........


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #12
    Odelay
    Registered Users Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Odelay


    chosen1 wrote: »
    It's cut 4 x 2 in the sawmill but timber always shrinks when it dries out.

    Its the drying and planing that reduces it. Fookers insist on calling it a 2x4 instead of 4x2


  • Options
    #13
    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    Mariasofia wrote: »
    Men are used to over- measuring in inches..........

    I've gone metric it sounds more impressive in mm.:rolleyes:


  • Options
    #14
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Odelay wrote: »
    Its the drying and planing that reduces it. Fookers insist on calling it a 2x4 instead of 4x2

    Isn't that to do with the way you hold it?


  • Options
    #15
    dmc17
    Registered Users Posts: 3,731 ✭✭✭dmc17


    It's 8


Advertisement