Need help: What's the trick in getting the "boardfeetcalc" reference out of the resources section of this forum? I'd like to make a copy for reference.
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Board Feet
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Thanks . Don't know why I missed that in the first place. Now all I gotta do is put Excel back on this machine.
Or OpenOffice. It is open source.
Sounds easier than carrying around my Cleveland-Conway board measure rule.
Makes one wonder how they did it back in the day....
Thanks all.
Np- Here this is something I did for some co-workers to help when trying to remember how all this works -
1. BOARD FOOTAGE is calculated by multiplying the nominal thickness in inches
(Th) by the nominal width in inches (W) by the actual length in feet (L) and
dividing by 12. The formula is: Th x W x L ÷12 = Board ft.
Expressions defined:
Where: Th = nominal thickness in inches
W = nominal width in inches
L = length in feet
2. SURFACE MEASURE - is the square feet on the surface of a piece of lumber. Surface measure is calculated without regard to thickness of the piece, i.e. 2 x 12 board, one foot
long equals one square foot. The formula is: W x L ÷12 = Surface Measure
3. LINEAL MEASURE - is the total length in feet of a board, regardless of its thickness or width, i.e. a 2 x 14 one foot long is one lineal foot.
1. BOARD FOOTAGE is calculated by multiplying the nominal thickness in inches
(Th) by the nominal width in inches (W) by the actual length in feet (L) and
dividing by 12. The formula is: Th x W x L ÷12 = Board ft.
Expressions defined:
Where: Th = nominal thickness in inches
W = nominal width in inches
L = length in feet
2. SURFACE MEASURE - is the square feet on the surface of a piece of lumber. Surface measure is calculated without regard to thickness of the piece, i.e. 2 x 12 board, one foot
long equals one square foot. The formula is: W x L ÷12 = Surface Measure
3. LINEAL MEASURE - is the total length in feet of a board, regardless of its thickness or width, i.e. a 2 x 14 one foot long is one lineal foot.
