Board Foot Calculator

Formatting only. This does not change the calculation.
Picking a standard size fills in the nominal thickness and width and enables the dressed-size volume.
Nominal thickness, as the piece is called out (a "2x8" is 2 in thick for tally purposes).
Nominal width.
Board feet
16.0000 board ft
Board Foot Calculator
Board feet per piece
4.0000 board ft
Linear feet
32.0000 ft
Face area
16.0000 ft2
True volume (dressed size where known)
1.33333 ft3
Material cost
0.00
Worked out from US Department of Commerce Voluntary Product Standard PS 20, American Softwood Lumber Standard (nominal vs dressed S4S dry sizes) and 1 other source.

How this is worked out

1 step
  1. Board feet = 1 in x 6 in x 8 ft x 4 / 12 = 16

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