277: in (38 mm Ć 89 mm), but the dimensions for the lumber when purchased wholesale could still be represented as full 2 Ć 4 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.
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For planed lumber, board feet refer to the nominal thickness and width of lumber, calculated in principle on its size before drying and planing. Here, the actual length is used.
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148:. It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot (30.5 cm) in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness.
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The board foot is used to measure rough lumber (before drying and planing with no adjustments) or planed/surfaced lumber. An example of
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448:"How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement"
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357:List of unusual units of measurement
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423:"What is a Board Foot?"
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1559:Square mile
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1544:Square foot
1539:Square inch
1208:Costa Rican
1172:Seychellois
1081:Singaporean
876:Traditional
731:Metrication
669:Geometrised
625:Avoirdupois
352:Hoppus foot
174:Description
61:1 FBM
1962:Categories
1891:Horsepower
1871:Fahrenheit
1659:Board foot
1618:Tablespoon
1597:Cubic mile
1592:Cubic yard
1587:Cubic foot
1582:Cubic inch
1294:Venezuelan
1279:Paraguayan
1233:Nicaraguan
1111:Vietnamese
1086:Sri Lankan
1071:Philippine
1031:Indonesian
955:Portuguese
849:Winchester
752:Comparison
702:Background
640:Electrical
512:2007-11-06
479:2007-11-06
453:2007-01-30
432:2024-08-24
427:Esteempeak
408:References
283:Note: see
241:lumber is
206:ā 0.00236
164:super foot
126:board-foot
122:board foot
33:board foot
18:Board feet
1710:Acre-foot
1669:Face cord
1289:Uruguayan
1274:Colombian
1264:Brazilian
1254:Argentine
1192:Tanzanian
1162:Mauritian
1132:Ethiopian
1096:Taiwanese
1066:Pakistani
1046:Mongolian
1021:Cambodian
940:Norwegian
910:Icelandic
905:Hungarian
898:Byzantine
854:Exchequer
602:Hong Kong
342:Cubic ton
319:hardwoods
247:nominally
1823:Pressure
1613:Teaspoon
1375:Obsolete
1370:Humorous
1324:Egyptian
1284:Peruvian
1259:Bolivian
1223:Honduran
1187:Tunisian
1167:Moroccan
1157:Malagasy
1142:Eritrean
1137:Egyptian
1127:Algerian
1056:Nepalese
1036:Japanese
970:Scottish
960:Romanian
861:Estonian
771:Historic
747:Overview
716:Overview
613:Specific
518:Archived
485:Archived
401:(Canada)
325:See also
243:softwood
220:of board
194:ā 2,360
132:for the
1978:Logging
1804:Poundal
1606:Cooking
1575:Derived
1521:statute
1511:Furlong
1406:Modulor
1380:Unusual
1349:Persian
1307:Ancient
1269:Chilean
1228:Mexican
1218:Haitian
1147:Guinean
1051:Myanmar
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985:Spanish
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965:Russian
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925:Latvian
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844:English
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726:History
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656:Natural
597:Chinese
575:General
568:Current
312:⁄
302:⁄
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216:1/1980
200:ā 2.36
140:in the
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1700:Bushel
1643:Gallon
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1314:Arabic
1177:Somali
1152:Libyan
1120:Africa
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980:Slovak
950:Polish
888:German
871:French
834:Danish
812:Europe
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709:Metric
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679:Planck
664:Atomic
239:planed
212:steres
202:liters
188:144 in
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138:lumber
134:volume
63:in ...
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1797:Force
1786:Short
1766:Pound
1761:Ounce
1751:Grain
1723:Speed
1685:Minim
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1389:Other
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1061:Omani
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995:Swiss
915:Irish
893:Greek
839:Dutch
829:Czech
799:(CGS)
793:(MTS)
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759:(FPS)
740:UK/US
383:Stere
225:Usage
157:MMFBM
128:is a
1983:Wood
1896:Perm
1781:Long
1756:Dram
1744:Mass
1695:Peck
1690:Gill
1664:Cord
1652:Wood
1633:Pint
1554:Acre
1532:Area
1516:Mile
1496:Yard
1491:Foot
1486:Link
1481:Hand
1476:Inch
1106:Thai
1076:Pegu
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337:Cord
166:and
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144:and
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