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 of nominal thickness. The volume of a solid object is the three-dimensional concept of how much space it occupies, often quantified numerically. ... Timber in storage for later processing at a sawmill Lumber or Timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for use—from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use—as structural material for construction... This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...

Board-foot is abbreviated FBM (for "foot, board measure"). The unit MFBM represents a thousand board-feet.

In Australia and New Zealand the term super foot or superficial foot is used to mean the same.[1]

One board-foot equals:

• 1 ft × 1 ft × 1 in
• 12 in × 12 in × 1 in
• 144 in³
• 1⁄12 ft³
• 2360 cc
• 2.360 liters
• 0.002360 cubic meters or steres

Board-feet are used for rough lumber (before drying and planing) with no adjustments. A cubic centimetre (cm3) is an SI derived unit of volume, equal to the volume of a cube with side length of 1 centi metre. ... The liter (spelled liter in American English and litre in Commonwealth English) is a unit of volume. ... The cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. ...

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. A nominal is a word or a group of words that functions as a noun, i. ...

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; subtract ½ inch for dimensions under 8 inches; and subtract ¾ inch for larger measurements. The system is more complicated for hardwoods. Dimensional lumber is a term used in North America for lumber that is cut to standardized width and depth specified in inches. ... Despite being fairly hard, cedar is a softwood Softwood is the wood from conifers. ... Image:Fagus wood. ...

References

Rowlett, Russ. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement © Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved on 2007-01-30. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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