{"id":11967,"date":"2000-01-01T11:07:49","date_gmt":"2000-01-01T18:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=11967"},"modified":"2019-06-27T11:08:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:08:40","slug":"how-do-i-buy-lumber-by-the-board-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/how-do-i-buy-lumber-by-the-board-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Buy Lumber by the Board Foot?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Buying lumber by the board foot is an exercise in <em>estimation<\/em>.\n Board footage is a measurement of volume, and this is the necessary way\n to measure hardwoods when they&#8217;re sold in random widths and random \nlengths.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how you figure out board footage for a project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Start with a project idea, plan or sketch<\/li><li>Make a parts list, and determine the board footage of each part<\/li><li>Add it up, then estimate a waste factor<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to check out our <em>video tips<\/em> for more details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-projects\/heres-how-estimate-board-footage-for-your-woodworking-project\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>3 Steps You Can Use to Figure Out Board Feet for a Project<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the basic formula for board footage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/images\/board_feet_calculation.jpg\" alt=\"board footage calculation\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buying lumber by the board foot is an exercise in estimation. Board footage is a measurement of volume, and this is the necessary way to measure hardwoods when they&#8217;re sold in random widths and random lengths.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s how you figure out board footage for a project: Start with a project idea, plan or sketch Make <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/how-do-i-buy-lumber-by-the-board-foot\/\">&#8230;<br \/><small><em><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/em> <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/small><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[324],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lumber-help-faq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11968,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11967\/revisions\/11968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}