Ya know, if I were to, say, work with lumber all the time, I imagine I'd get a feel for what the different sizes of stock are, not only by sight, but by feel...
Oh wait... I do... So I must be right... Clearly I live in a different reality than the guys loading the trucks at my lumber yard...
I ordered 5/4 oak for the table I mention in the last post... Now, 5/4 is said as "five quarter" so the nominal thickness of it is 1-1/4"... I say nominal since it actually is between 1-1/8" and 1-3/16" thick...
What I got was 1x oak... That's said as "one by"... Meaning 1 inch thick nominally, and 3/4" thick in reality...
There is a huge difference between oak that's 3/4" and 1-1/8" thick... You can tell when you grab the stick... You can tell by the weight... Hell you can see the damn difference clearly...
And yet, I had to argue with the delivery guy that it was wrong... He kept shoving the paperwork back at me showing me that it clearly said 5/4 on it, so somehow that made the 3/4" thick wood on the truck correct...
Oh well... So much for being productive today... I guess I'll get to start tomorrow...
ah, the ever popular "it's written on paper, it must be right" guy.
what a walking headache that must have been.
gonna give us a pic of that table?
lizard.
Posted by: Lizard Breath at July 23, 2004 06:58 PMPerhaps... I'll have to see if it turns out ok first...
Posted by: Tim at July 24, 2004 12:59 PM