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Q: How many board feet in a unit of lumber?
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What is the difference in board feet and linear feet?

Board feet is the unit measure of rough lumber. Linear feet is the unit measure of S4S lumber. (smooth 4 sides)


Lumber bd ft conversion?

According to F.W. Honerkamp Co. Inc., the aswer is as follows: The unit of measurement for hardwood lumber (bd.ft. or BF). A board foot is the amount of lumber in a board one foot long, one foot wide, and one inch thick before milling. The formula for determining the board feet in a board is: (Width in inchesx length in feet x thickness in inches) / 12 = BFFor example:a board 8" wide, 12' long and 1" thick would contain 8 board feet.(8" wide x 12' long x 1" thick) / 12= 8 board feet.


How many board feet in 500 square feet?

A board foot is a unit of volume, while a square foot is a unit of area. The two units are therefore incompatible.


What is the history of the board foot?

The board-foot is a specialized unit of measure for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It is the volume of a one-foot length of a board one foot wide and one inch thick.Board-foot can be abbreviated FBM (for "foot, board measure"), BDFT, or BF. Thousand board-feet can be abbreviated as MFBM, MBFT or MBF.In Australia and New Zealand the term super foot or superficial foot was used to mean the same.[1][2][3]One board-foot equals:1 ft × 1 ft × 1 in12 in × 12 in × 1 in30.48 cm x 30.48 cm x 2.54 cm144 in³1⁄12 ft³2360 cm³2.360 liters0.002360 cubic meters or steresBoard foot is the unit of measure for rough lumber (before drying and planing with no adjustments) or planed/surfaced lumber. An example of planed lumber is softwood 2x4 lumber one would buy at a large lumber retailer. The 2x4 is actually only 1+1⁄2 × 3+1⁄2 in (38 × 89 mm) but the board footage for the lumber when purchased wholesale could still be represented as full 2x4 lumber, although the "standard" can vary between vendors. This means that nominal lumber includes air space around the physical board when calculating board feet in some situations, while the true measurement of "board feet" should be limited to the actual dimensions of the board.For planed lumber, board-feet refer to the nominal thickness and width of lumber, calculated in principle on its size before drying and planing. Actual length is used.See dimensional lumber for a full discussion of the relationship of actual and nominal dimensions. Briefly, for softwoods, to convert nominal to actual, subtract ¼ inch for dimensions under 2 inches (51 mm); subtract ½ inch for dimensions under 8 inches (203 mm); and subtract ¾ inch for larger measurements. The system is more complicated for hardwoods.An Essex table is a tabulation of the number of board feet in lumber of varying dimensions.[4]


How do you convert board feet to lineal feet?

You can't without the width and thickness of the item - board feet is a volume measurement, linear feet is a linear measurement. 12 board feet are one cubic foot.


How long is a board foot?

The board-foot is a specialized unit of volume for measuring lumber in the United States and Canada. It is the volume of a one foot length of a board one foot wide and one inch thick.


What unit of measurement used to find a length of a bulletin board?

feet


What does MBM stand for as a unit of measure?

MBF or MBM is a unit of volume equal to 1000 board feet.


What is the formula for caculating board feet in inches?

By unit of length and distance and conversion ,we can say that 1 feet =12 inches


How many lineal feet would it take to cover a 490.874 square foot circle with a board that has 7.5 width?

The question cannot be answered because the measurement unit used for the width of the board is not given. If the width is 7.5 feet then 96 linear feet will be required, if 7.5 inches, then approx 875 linear feet.


How many feet in a 6674 square feet?

Not possible to convert a length unit to an area unit!!!!


1000 square feet is how many linear feet?

You cannot compare a unit of area to a unit of length.