I dont know why they have to lie about it. At $5/8ft board you’d think I paid for the full 1.5. Edit: I mixed up nominal with actual.

  • astanix@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    It’s due to the milling to square it.

    You can get rough cut 2x4 or 2x2 or anything that are actually that size but by the time you trim and square it you will end up at the measurements sold in big box stores

    Edit: I mean the size they used to be in store, not OPs version :(

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      6 months ago

      I think this commenter is trying to say that the nominal size of a 2x2 is 2" by 2" (and it looks like they typo’d nominal to “normal”)

      The actual size of a 2x2 is 1.5" by 1.5", and OP incorrectly calls these dimensions nominal