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:)
Lee Valley used to sell a blank tape measure, for pure, real-valued metrical madness.
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Have you hard of our lord and savior, the metric system?
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Can I get some dimensionless lumber?
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Except that all of the board length measurements will not work out.
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Damn creative measuring.
I reflexively cringed with my whole face seeing "lumber" and "measure" in the same sentence.
Look up what the fuck Board Feet is. Then imagine trying teach other people how to measure for board feet. Then imagine everyone misremembering and misinterpreting how to do it.
Fuck board feet.
Twin Peaks on 2x4
As someone getting into woodworking, I just opted for metric from the get go. Already used to it from custom cooling pc building where everything is machined and measured in mm's so the biggest ask was sourcing tools in metric, which isn't much to ask these days as most are dually measured
Not worth my time playing fractions games
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