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To: koan who wrote (466534)	1/28/2021 4:19:49 PM
From: Graystone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540852

The blade is 1/8", you have 2 cuts. or Your sizes 2 are 16" and one is 15 3/4" That would be the result of your process. A precise carpenter would end up with three almost equal pieces. Each piece would be 15 and 29/32 seconds of an inch (approx). The only way to do this would be with a measuring tape. Lines at 16" and 32" would be the center of your cuts. The two outside pieces would feel bigger and would be bigger than the center. They would each be 1/16 of an inch bigger than the center piece.

To: koan who wrote (466534)	1/28/2021 4:24:28 PM
From: Slumdog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540852

OK, Koan, it's not a riddle at all. I just found some of your remarks in the original post interesting. >>Of course humans engage in a lot of magical thinking.<< >>They cannot see it.<< >>He could not figure that out.<< Now Koan, The thickness of the blade used to cut the wood is likely 3/16" That means if he makes two cuts, he has displaced 3/8" of material, poof, gone. That means that each piece, if "equal, is not 16", but 15 7/8". This is significant to a real carpenter, or "cutter". To expect three pieces @ 16" was indeed magical.