im building a pedalboard and need help with measurments of the lumber, and thought this would be the best place to ask...


the side of the board being sold is 24" x 48" but above that it says 15/32" whats that number mean?


this other board thats 24" by 32" has the number 23/32" written above it


are those numbers a reference to thickness? the first one IS thicker, but if that a coincidence or something else? with is that 32" a reference to?

That's the thickness. 15 thirtysecondths of an inch, or 23 thirtysecondths.

Are you sure the second one isn't thicker?

The first is just under 1/2" the second is just under 3/4"

If the first one is thicker, they're on the wrong shelves.

You need help measuring the thickness of your wood? :D

Filthy mind aside, Arx is right, it's referring to thickness of the planks.

hmmm but why make it out of 32"? an inch has 20mm in it

hmmm but why make it out of 32"? an inch has 20mm in it

I'm not sure I follow. An inch is actually 25.4mm It's not out of 32".

It's just like any other fraction. they use 32nds because it's a number that doesn't divide by any smaller denominator.

say you have 3/16". If you were to add another 1/16" to it you would have 4/16", AKA 1/4"

If you only wanted to add half as much, it would be 1/32" so you would first convert your original number 3/16, to 32nds. 6/32, and then add your 1/32, and you would have 7/32.

Get it?
It's that "fractions" thing you did back in elementary school. ;)

UGH!! MATH! lol

but let me try to define my question better...

lets take one of the measurements in question...


15/32"

one of the pieces of wood im looking at has that as a thickness

and why go through all this trouble, why not work off of actual inches/CM/mm

why make me do all this math!! lol

The piece is measured in inches, the " symbol means inches. The piece is not a full inch thickness, so it will be measured in decimal or fraction. It's a bit easier than saying "This one is less than an inch. This one is even more than less than an inch". It gives a definite measurement rather than a rough approximation.

The metric system isn't used commonly inside the US, so you will not see that as the common measurement system.

and why go through all this trouble, why not work off of actual inches/CM/mm


It's just inertia, because that's how it's always been done. But it may change at some point.

Historically, it makes sense because it's easy to divide lengths in two to get 1/2's, 1/4's, 1/8's, 1/16's, 1/32's, 1/64's, etc.

Asad

Ummm.... that is "actual inches". It's called a fraction. You learned about them in school, back in the fourth grade. It's kind of like the way "half" is sometimes written by those weird smart geeks as "1/2". :rolleyes:

Ummm.... that is "actual inches". It's called a fraction. You learned about them in school, back in the fourth grade.


lol yea but now i gata do actual math :'(

lol yea but now i gata do actual math :'(

Yep, what size of plywood would you like. 1 inch, 2 inch, 3 inch, or 4 inch?

well, im building a pedalboard so id want a thickness that wouldnt "flop" around so probably 3/4" - 1" but 1" might be too thick for my comfort so i might go for 3/4"

Yep, what size of plywood would you like. 1 inch, 2 inch, 3 inch, or 4 inch?

Don't bait him, this thread is actually just an ad for an ebow...

Don't bait him, this thread is actually just an ad for an ebow...

lol if that were the case, i wouldnt have came back after the first post :p


but here is the concept, the point of that back wall is to attach a tube light so i can see in the dark


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/retitled/board.jpg

I dont know what kind of wood you wanna use, from what I know in my area, the only wood measured in 32s is OSB. Im not sure you wanna use that for a pedal board. Unless they sell actual Plywood with those dimensions... over here, Plywood are all 1/8 thick boards glued together, so you can get 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8 and yes... 3/4. Easier math for a more suitable wood. In my opinion you should use MDF, which is also sold in 'easier to calculate' thicknesses. Would be a bit cleaner looking for a pedal board. Like I said though, maybe actual plywood in the states is sold in different 32 thicknesses. I dont know... since im from Tibet. :)

23/32" is just a hair thinner than 3/4", if that helps you any.

in my area, the only wood measured in 32s is OSB... Like I said though, maybe actual plywood in the states is sold in different 32 thicknesses. I dont know... since im from Tibet. :)

T2W -

Here in the states, x/32" measurement is fairly common on plywood, even the really nice void-free birch stuff.

FWIW, when I made my pedal board, I used 23/32" stuff, and I made it 18" x 24", and just made the board angle, instead or adding "shelves".