To add to the confusion; here in the US, we get "Baltic Birch plywood",
a popular and very good material; I did
both Healeys rear squab and the dash top with it. It comes in metric
sizes from eastern Europe.
John
BJ8s
andy pole wrote:
> Sorry Kees
>
>
>
> But here in the uk we still go into the the timber merchants (or builders
> supply's) and ask for a 6ft length of 3" x 2" and still get sheet material in
> 8' x 4'.
>
>
>
> the only difference is that you muppets outside the uk insist we follow Eu
> guidelines and label it as 2440 x 1220.
>
>
>
> And our bananas are still yellow and curved like everyone elses!
>
>
>
> cheers Andy
>
>
>
>> In wood sizes it is even weirder. In the UK they have used metric
>> standard sizes for donkeys years. In Holland (and possibly the rest of
>> continental Europe) we still use inches for the standard sizes.
>> Kees Oudesluijs
>>
>
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