Board Feet vs Linear Feet. How to Calculate and What It Means |

[@AdamTuttle]

I like videos like this and think they're a good addition to the channel. I view them as supporting knowledge that I need to get a handle on to be a well rounded hobbyist woodworker. Thanks for making it.

[@clockman45]

this is nice to see people care about the land we live on . i do hope all the tree get planted

[@kevinemling5990]

Great video, great store. The people that run KenCraft are fabulous and I thank you for promoting them.

[@wdh375xen]

Like with the project video’s, I always seem to learn a little more in both the educational and project video’s.....even if it’s a different perspective on something you thought you knew. Keep them both coming!

[@EthanCarterDesigns]

This is as close to understanding board feet as I've ever gotten - I actually think I might be able to explain it and calculate it now! Thank you David! And thank you even more for being part of #teamtrees...I'm going to go check it out now!

[@mattsnyder4754]

Ethan Carter yeah. The biggest thing is that board feet isn’t the name of a length, it’s a volume.

[@jacqdanieles]

Anyone know why they divide by 144?

[@mattsnyder4754]

jacq danieles 12 inches in a foot, x2 A board foot is the volume of one square foot of 4/4 wood. 1” thick. 1 square foot. The equation is just scaling that around

[@CoolBreeze640]

@@jacqdanieles 144 is the number of cubic inches in a cubic foot.

[@JoeBcrafts]

The thickness should really be at the end of the equation for clarity. As Matt said, the board foot is 1 ft² surface area of 4/4 (1" thick) lumber. So if you use inches for the length x width you have to divide by 144 to convert in² to ft². You can also just multiply the length and width both in ft and then multiply that by the 1, 1.25, 1.5, etc. Example of 8' long 6" wide 5/4 = 8*0.5*1.25 = 5 board feet

[@robertrodriguez3202]

Definitely interested in seeing more videos like this in addition to the project videos!

[@aweirdguynamedjeff]

As much as I like your project videos, I love learning more info about woodworking as well. Post what you feel like every week, I'll watch every Friday either way!

[@billdiehl156]

This type of video is a great addition to your project videos! Too many times I’ve been found at a hardwood dealer’s curled up in the fetal position, in a corner, crying because I couldn’t calculate board feet. No More!! Thanks, David!!

[@IJustGotHere]

I love learning things on YT. Thanks for making these type of videos along with the projects. 😀👍✈

[@lambdaguy77]

Any videos that explain more about wood working is always welcomed. Whatever form it comes in. I appreciate any knowledge I can get cuz I always feel smarter when I get into my projects! Thanks David!

[@sgsax]

I would love more basics on wood selection. This is the kind of thing I've had to figure out on my own. Most how to videos and articles don't talk about this in detail. Having somebody actually teach and explain this is invaluable. Thanks for sharing!

[@northshorepx]

more videos like this please. I live in a metric world, so this is quite quaint and interesting.

[@Mustached_Crusader]

So happy to see an awesome channel featured in Toledo and the place I get my hardwood at.

[@mandyleeson1]

Hi David, I just donated. Good on you for planting trees, we've planted 350 so far here in Australia, here's to oxygen! Also, with regard to content in future videos, I am happy to watch whatever you decide. I seem to always learn at least one thing from each video you produce. So, thank you for that. Cheers, Mandy

[@ChiefMoonChunks]

Donated. I dig the educational piece, though I think I prefer the project videos. The creativity, comedy, and problem solving lessons of your channel are what I like the most

[@MakeSomething]

Right on, thank you! For the record those are the vids I like making the most!

[@robdean54]

Excellent video. Board feet has always been a mystery to me. Thanks for explaining!

[@thesplinteredfinger]

David, loved the new concept! Wouldn’t want to see it all the time but maybe once a month.

[@jimsauber9252]

This is great information. Please do more of these videos. I would suggest including them in your second channel rather than your primary channel and refer people to your second channel.

[@robertwolinski7294]

I like the "how to" non-project videos. As someone getting into the hobby, it helps remove the anxiety

[@Politzk]

I didn't understand the video that much as I use the metric system but was told to watch this video for my online school work but it would help people watching this for school work if you made a metric version of this video so that we can understand this stuff better! thanks for reading this and I still like the way you are sharing education through videos

[@JohnKuiphoff]

Thank you for making this video! I teach digital fabrication/woodworking and my students are often intimidated or confused when buying lumber from the lumber yard. All of them already watch all your videos - this will be a huge help!

[@MakeSomething]

This is awesome to hear!! Thanks!!

[@Westsidewood]

I thought a board foot was a foot with nothing to do.

[@matchstickdesignco]

No, that's a bored foot.

[@davidgameiro9119]

Love these informational videos, paired with your upbeat energy and delivery, prime editing, makes it a pleasure to watch, rewatch and share!

[@mattador0220]

Didn't click this video the first time in my feed, then KZbin tried to hide it and it wasn't showing up in my feed. Thanks for the info David. Thanks for supporting the trees too.

[@kreparAZ]

Great video and informative man. Keep up the good work. Always great content dude. Would have been nice to find this years ago!

[@ronmack1767]

Enjoyed the video David. For my two cents worth I enjoyed videos like this one along with projects in the shop. Thanks for taking the time to produce the videos. Y'all take care and God bless.

[@Loganb611]

I like your project videos but this type is also very useful - looking forward to the seeing the series you shot.

[@rockymanify]

All your videos are very educational. Thank you!

[@jeradjohnston]

The occasional informational video is always a good thing. Even if you know the information, there is always something new to learn from others.

[@scottchladek1770]

I would be interested in more videos like this, along with your normal videos. Keep up the good work.

[@dennisoshea4906]

I have always shopped a specialty Hardwood Facility whats nice is they have the price per board foot next to each bin and description of if it's 4s or rough etc . On the end of the board is the length on the face on the right side is the width and on the left side is the total board feet of the particular board so it makes it a whole lot easier for those who have trouble figuring it out Great Video should help a lot of those out there who have trouble with this

[@stanleyshostak2737]

I like this information. I think sprinkling them in here and there would be great!

[@mc-yt2rc]

I really enjoyed this, a window into how it's done! Really love your projects and I have made some of them, doing this type of content occaisionally would be perfect

[@justinstraight6177]

I love these types of videos. I started watching your channel by stumbling on one of your videos trying to figure out how to do something or safely do something in the shop. I have come a long way since then but always learning.

[@drivinfury03]

I made a road trip earlier this year from NYC to Indiana. I just had to make a pit stop at Kencraft. It was nice to bring some wood back to NYC. Kencraft is an amazing place! One disappointment, I mentioned David's youtube channel and they said "he was here yesterday", ☹. It would have been an honor to meet him!

[@jasonwyliie8022]

Thanks for the great tutorial. Keep sharing your knowledge.

[@SpencleyDesignCo]

Great information!

[@MeansWoodshop]

Thanks for this video, David! Super helpful information broken down to probably the most simple explanation I’ve heard on this subject so far. My hardwood dealer is set up a bit differently where they go get the wood for you and calculate the math for you as well, but they still ask this information when you walk in and I’m never sure what to say. So this helps a lot!

[@tcbridges]

This Video was A GREAT HELP LEARNING BOARD FEET

[@coreydalbianco2596]

Keep em' coming! These type of videos are a good addition, nice to change it up every once in awhile. Also very informative for new woodworkers like myself.

[@WigWagWorkshop]

Looking forward to the other videos in the series. Very Helpful, and love the way you deliver the content, easy to understand.

[@samuelroberts334]

I like both types of videos! Keep up the good work.

[@TheHslade3]

I say both-and is better than either-or. I enjoy some info rich episodes that give a better understanding in a given craft. I also enjoy the project episodes, which have been really great lately.

[@ctcummings21]

Thank you!!! This series is going to be so helpful!!! Keep up the good work. Love the variety of your channel.

[@pedroarellano4266]

Yep, the education about rough lumber is useful information. I already knew the stuff in this one, but it is still great information for woodworkers who roave beyond big box store wood projects. Thanks for the content.

[@GTL77]

I always had a problem calculating board feet, this was a nice refresher course on it thank you for the awesome video

[@MultiHippie13]

I like both types of videos. As someone just starting out, they are very informative and helpful. This video especially since now I know what to look for at my local dealer.

[@timhalcomb4041]

Enjoyed the video I like both projects and information videos you have a blessed day

[@paulwright2818]

Another terrific video. It’s nice to learn something from a video like this sometimes. I’m from Canada but my hardwood dealer continues to use board feet and not metric. Keep these “other” how to videos coming

[@FigmentsMade]

This is great information and I'm looking forward to learning more. Please keep these coming in addition to your regular build videos!

[@sherizaahd]

Arbor lodge is in Nebraska City, Ne, and we would go there to celebrate Arbor Day when I was in school.

[@CowlickCCM]

Thanks man. These kinds of videos are helpful.

[@EricMeyerMaker]

I liked the video. It is a nice supplement to the project videos.

[@tmsmottl]

Thank you for this. Looking forward to more advice videos, but also love your projects so get back to them once this series is done!

[@ericburres2875]

Definitely more videos like this as well as project vids. Knowledge is always a good thing. Keep up the great work!

[@zachazlett]

More of these videos please! A lot of this knowledge is at risk of being lost these days.

[@GeraldJensen]

I learned something from this video and would like to see more! And I just made a donation to Team Trees. Thanks for bringing this project to our attention.

[@MakeSomething]

Thank you Gerald!!!

[@alanmuncaster7316]

Thanks David. Now I know what my friends in the USA are talking about. Here in England (Old) its all metric these days and whilst I am multilingual when it comes to measurement board feet meant nothing til now.

[@chriskovaly6634]

I enjoy the projects, but this type of information is also fantastic. Keep them coming!

[@angim8984]

Thank you for posting this video. Tracy did a great job explaining the formula.

[@velocelt]

Definitely keep doing tips videos. It's a nice change of pace from build videos and they don't really detract from the channel. Just added value if you ask me. Also, the board feet explanation was good as it's something that always mystified me at the lumberyard before.

[@goodkao]

I never know that a board feet has that much information on it. There are a lot of information to learn from everything.

[@tomm8188]

Hey David, this video was great! I knew how to calculate board feet before this but walking into a real lumber store can be intimidating, please keep this series going. Thx for the great content.

[@ChewysBeard]

Great video, keep them coming. I didn't even know Board Feet was a thing.

[@atlas227428]

Great video as always. Definitely like knowing about what woods to use and how to buy them and whatever else you think is related to woodworking !!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@patriotwoodworker6092]

Man I can’t thank you enough for that video!! I go to rockler sometimes and buy wood by the board foot and always felt like a idiot not understanding what it meant

[@redcloud9700]

I like videos like this. Im definitely interested in this series. It helps reinforce the knowledge needed to perform some projects. Really looking forward to it. Great job !

[@austinvanderveer3271]

Looking forward to more Kencraft videos!

[@philwalmsley1116]

David, awesome video. Thanks for the explanations. Certainly do more videos like this one, as well as, your project videos. You explain things very well.

[@wayneboardman3987]

Thank you, Dave! Please mix in more of these videos with your regular project vids!

[@Not_TVs_Frank]

I wasn't familiar with either board feet or linear feet- obviously both are for describing... boards, I guess? Now I understand the difference and how to calculate them. I'll know what to look for and what to ask about if I manage to find a lumber mill! That makes a difference. Thanks!

[@StevEOnEShoT]

I like both types of videos. I’m just thinking out loud here, but I’d say these types of easy to digest information videos were about this length (say five to ten minutes), it would justify making the project build videos a little bit longer. - I can really only speak for myself, but 20-25 minutes for a build video is the ideal stretch where it’s long enough to make me sit down and watch, but not too long where my attention wanders.

[@lesb.5664]

Great video; just getting into woodworking so this was very informative. I would like to see more videos like this, along with your project videos. Thanks!

[@christaylor1609]

Thank you in advance for this series, David. I have been wanting to start using nice wood, meaning not pine studs and plywood from the orange store, but I have always been scared by the cost and the prospect of 'nice wood.' I have been binge-watching your videos and I feel now is the time. Thank you from Dayton.

[@gregschlierf2931]

Projects are great...but sometimes the back story (like Board feet, measuring, tool setup) are helpful too. GREAT VIDEO. I now understand BF!

[@roadrnr21]

It makes sense that it’s by volume. Great video!

[@davidbierhaus1394]

Just donated. Thank you for all that you do!

[@MakeSomething]

Thanks David!

[@johnniewhinery385]

Checked it. Great video definitely would like to see more videos like it nothing wrong with learning something new.

[@johnniewhinery385]

Can you recommend a good book to help identify types of wood, I use alot of pallet wood and sometime not sure what it is

[@michaelferrin2688]

Definitely want more about buying wood!!

[@itsjustshane6691]

Am I really the only one here because your shop (wood workshop) class professor, Is making you answer questions on this video?

[@Bekim8310]

This video was very informative! You taught me something I really didn’t know about. Until now I only bought boards by the foot and now I realize thats crazy expensive! Please make more videos on the subject!! I’d like to learn more. Also what kind if tree was that you planted?? Cherry? 👍

[@Brownstone31]

You do you man, we'll keep watching.

[@davewmck]

I love these informative videos. Please do more

[@thisisbethm]

I love the projects, but I am very much in favor of educational videos as well. Thank you!

[@ricojuliusretardo7510]

Thank you for this video Sir, now I learn how to measure the linear foot and baord foot😁

[@Obtuse94]

Love this style of video and would love to see more!

[@pedalman4595]

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!! Always wondered !!!!!!!!!! Keep up both Projects and Informational!!!!!!!!

[@dcusator]

Keep up the good work and yes teach us some lumber knowledge.

[@jamescopeland7940]

With the current Covid-19 pandemic I have been using some of your videos as online lessons for my Woodworking students. I found this video on board foot calculations particularly helpful, as it was next on my in class lessons. Do you have a similar video on calculating sheet goods?

[@jeanine6492]

Yes more like this please, information is great, love knowing things especially useful things!

[@patriotwoodworker6092]

Yes I’m good with a mix of the educational type videos with your projects.

[@JkCanvas]

Awesome video and very well explained on how to calculate board feet.

[@MakeSomething]

Thanks!

[@thebeardyfarmeradventuresi258]

Good info. Nice change up from projects. I've got room to plant some more trees out here in Swanton area.

[@MakeSomething]

Right on neighbor!

[@thebeardyfarmeradventuresi258]

@@MakeSomething I've got a pile of white oak that came from a tree that came down in the front yard of our old house in Toledo. It will be used on casement for some of the windows in the on-going remodel here. The oak came down in a storm.

[@WhiteLabWorkshop]

Definitely keep doing videos like this. Very helpful!

[@madroot]

I loved this info vid! Thanx, Dave!!

[@sergiofilosofo3355]

Very confusing and complicate for People using the metric System. And I know why I love the metric more than imperial, it's simply easier 🤗😉😛

[@blackholeentry3489]

Use boardmeters

[@pmdinaz]

I vote for both! Creating and educating. It seems you're good at both :)

[@anthonymiddleton4590]

the video was nice, very informative and is a great addition for the channel

[@lilr4nger]

These videos are great man!

[@karl_alan]

Hmm...interesting comparing lumber sellers. I wish mine stacked horizontally sometimes like yours does; however, I really like that mine leaves the board really rough sawn (or for most dimensions sold rough, skip, or s3s) and that it typically has boards that are well over 10-12 feet long in most species, which I don't know that yours could accommodate on those shelves or would be easy to sort through for the best board if stacked that way. Mine does also sell cut-offs as long as you leave them decent linear feet of the product to sell later on. I guess it's a coin toss...one method has rough boards in huge lengths stacked vertically for really cheap (even the tropicals and other exotics are all huge, rough, and by the boardfoot). The other alternative means the boards might not have any bow that could develop from being stacked vertically and they are already s4s.