Linear footage is a one dimensional measurment. Board footage is volume. one board foot is 1 inch thick by 12 inches square. 1" x 12" x 12" = 144 cubic inches of wood or one board foot.
Multiply Imperial gallons/foot by 14.915
if the board is 8 inches width by 8 foot long by 2 inches thick at $5.50 per linear board what is the price per board?
You can't convert that.
A linear foot is a unit of distance. A square foot is a unit of area. The two units are therefore incompatible.
Multiply by 3.
Linear footage is a one dimensional measurment. Board footage is volume. one board foot is 1 inch thick by 12 inches square. 1" x 12" x 12" = 144 cubic inches of wood or one board foot.
To convert board feet to lineal feet, divide the total board feet by the board's thickness in feet. For example, if you have 100 board feet of lumber that is 1 inch thick, you would divide 100 by 1, which equals 100 lineal feet.
A foot is a linear measure. You can't convert it in cubic anything.
Multiply Imperial gallons/foot by 14.915
Lineal foot can be measured on the ground. It is related to an actual measurement. Linear foot is a distance not necessarily measured along the ground. Also linear foot can refer to board feet.
if the board is 8 inches width by 8 foot long by 2 inches thick at $5.50 per linear board what is the price per board?
You can't convert that.
A square foot is a unit of area. A linear foot is a unit of length. The two units are therefore incompatible.
A linear foot is a unit of distance. A square foot is a unit of area. The two units are therefore incompatible.
You do not. A square foot is a measure of area. A linear foot, as the name suggests, is a measure of distance. The two measure different things and it makes no sense to try to convert from one to the other.
No they are differant units of measurement. Board feet, is actually a measurement of volume. 1 board foot is the volume of a board 12" wide by 1" thick by 1 foot long. So to calculate board foot you would also need to know the thickness. Whereas linear feet is a measurement of length, equal to 12 inches, in this case. You can also have linear inches, yards, furlongs, etc.