{"id":12035,"date":"2000-01-01T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2000-01-01T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=12035"},"modified":"2019-06-28T15:07:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T22:07:36","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-linear-foot-square-foot-and-board-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/whats-the-difference-between-linear-foot-square-foot-and-board-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s The Difference Between Linear Foot, Square Foot, and Board Foot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\n<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/images\/faqs\/linear-feet.jpg\" alt=\"linear footage linear feet linear foot\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\nLinear Feet\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\nA measurement in a straight line. Linear footage measures just one dimension.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nThis is the unit of measurement to use when buying or selling wood that&#8217;s cut to standard or uniform dimensions.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/images\/faqs\/square-feet.jpg\" alt=\"square footage square feet square foot\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\nSquare Feet\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\nA measurement of area. Square footage measures two dimensions.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nThis is the unit of measurement to use when buying or selling lumber that&#8217;s less than 1&#8243; thick.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/images\/faqs\/board-feet.jpg\" alt=\"board footage\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\nBoard Feet\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\nThis is the unit of measurement to use when buying or selling lumber \nthat&#8217;s random in width and length. Since boards are various in size, \nboard footage is the fair way to determine the amount of wood in \nvariable sizes.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>\nNOTE:\n<\/strong>\nWhen figuring board footage of a board, here&#8217;s how you measure:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\nMeasure the width to the nearest 1\/4&#8243;\n<\/li><li>\nMeasure the length to the nearest whole inch\n<\/li><li>\nThickness is not measured. Instead, use the thickness name regardless of\n the actual measured thickness. For example, when measuring 4\/4 use 1&#8243; \neven if the actual measured thickness is 13\/16&#8243;\n<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linear Feet A measurement in a straight line. Linear footage measures just one dimension. This is the unit of measurement to use when buying or selling wood that&#8217;s cut to standard or uniform dimensions. Square Feet A measurement of area. Square footage measures two dimensions. This is the unit of measurement to use when buying <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/whats-the-difference-between-linear-foot-square-foot-and-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":12036,"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-12035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lumber-help-faq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12035","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=12035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12037,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12035\/revisions\/12037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}