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Board Foot Calculator

Calculate board feet for lumber purchases and woodworking projects

The AI Wearable for Construction

Contractors, your projects now document themselves.

The AI wearable captures your site walks, logs your scope changes, and gives you your evenings back.

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Free Bid-Ready Kit

Get your complete material list, quantities, costs, and waste factor sent to your inbox. Hand it straight to your supplier.

  • Client-ready estimate PDF
  • Supply order - quantities + sizes
  • Cost comparison: softwood vs. hardwood

How to Calculate Board Feet for Lumber Orders

Lumber is priced by the board foot - a unit that confuses everyone the first time they encounter it. One board foot equals 144 cubic inches of wood, or equivalently a piece 1 inch thick by 12 inches wide by 12 inches long. The catch is that nominal lumber dimensions (like a 2×4) don't match actual dimensions, and whether you use nominal or actual measurements changes your total. Get this wrong on a large framing order and your material costs are off before the first board is cut.

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