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[petro]

An 8b4 sheetwood like ply, MDF etc.. is 2440x1220. Plasterboard etc.. comes 2400x1200 for 400mm and 600mm stud centres.

Our tape measures have both metric and imperial on.

Every Mexican worker who comes to America and works the trades, learns Imperial far before they learn the language.
Just a fact.
That 4X8 sheet is still the standard.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Every Mexican worker who comes to America and works the trades, learns Imperial far before they learn the language.
Just a fact.
That 4X8 sheet is still the standard.

It is and it isn't. When you work with both systems, not only you remember conversions, but what the imperial/metric size equates to imperial and metric materials. So for example, 8 foot by 4 foot plywood/MDF is 2440mm x 1220mm in metric, which is exact. But if you order an 8 foot x 4 foot plasterboard in the UK, it comes as 2400mm x 1200mm, but we still say an 8b4 sheet. They come as 9mm, 12.5mm, and 15mm thick depending on your stud centres.

4b2 rough sawn wood is exactly 4" by 2". But if you buy 4b2 CLS, you will find it's planed down below that imperial size.

We work with both and have no problems, I get the sense most yanks struggle. I've even measured a Douglas Fir lintel, it had to be in imperial because of the old building (probably older than America). My tape measure went to 8m, so it something like 7m and 7inch. I just go by whatever hits easier on the tape measure. I don't have to be stupid and anal to stick to one or the other. Some retards just stick to one and claim how brilliant it is. But I can't fix stoopid.

 

[JoeB131]

It is and it isn't. When you work with both systems, not only you remember conversions, but what the imperial/metric size equates to imperial and metric materials. So for example, 8 foot by 4 foot plywood/MDF is 2440mm x 1220mm in metric, which is exact. But if you order an 8 foot x 4 foot plasterboard in the UK, it comes as 2400mm x 1200mm, but we still say an 8b4 sheet. They come as 9mm, 12.5mm, and 15mm thick depending on you stud centres.

4b2 rough sawn wood is exactly 4" by 2". But if you buy 4b2 CLS, you will find it's planed down below that imperial size.

We work with both and have no problems, I get the sense most yanks struggle. I've even measured a Douglas Fir lintel, it had to be in imperial because of the old building (probably older than America). My tape measure went to 8m, so it something like 7m and 7inch. I just go by whatever hits easier on the tape measure. I don't have to be stupid and anal to stick to one or the other. Some retards just stick to one and claim how brilliant it is. But I can't fix stoopid.

Okay, so I have a question (and I'm not being sarcastic).

I watch episodes of Doctor Who and some of its spinoff shows, and I see them use imperial standards in the dialogue.

And these are episodes before Disney took it over and turned it into crap.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Okay, so I have a question (and I'm not being sarcastic).

I watch episodes of Doctor Who and some of its spinoff shows, and I see them use imperial standards in the dialogue.

And these are episodes before Disney took it over and turned it into crap.

Watched Dr. Who as a kid and teenager and never took notice of what they said/used about imperial or metric.

In the 70's, I remember being taught both, but metric was the predominant one. I was on the change over and I use both. But for me, people have to be weighed in stone and pounds, measured in feet and inches. Road distance and speed in miles and mph. Tyre pressure in psi. In construction, I have to quantity survey in metric because materials are supplied in metric. I have to convert from fahrenheit to centigrade.

Disney turns everything to crap.