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Lumber sizes changed in 70 years?
Did lumber in the 1930s have the same dimensions as today? What I am asking is was a 2" x4" a true 2" x 4" back then or the milled down size of today where it is actually smaller? I have a drawing of a woodworking project from 1938 that calls for certain size lumber and I need to know if the lumber dimensions are different today or the same as 1938.
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