You asked 1) 'What is a 'linear foot'' 2) 'how much wood would you
would get' and 3) 'how much would it cost.'
1) A linear foot is the length of the piece that you are getting. The
reading on your tape measure.
2) As far as 'how much' or the volume of the wood. For a 1 foot long
piece of 2" thick by 12" wide lumber; you would get 2 board feet. A
board foot is a measurement of volume equal to 1 foot of 1"x12" lumber.
By looking at the price per bf you can figure how much your going to
spend for whatever volume of wood that you need.
Using the example above; at $7 per linear foot of 2" x 12" translates
into $3.50 per boardfoot (bf). ($7 / 2bf = $3.50/bf)
Now lets say that you change your project. Using that same cost for bf
($3.50 per bf). For this example project lets say that you need 10 feet
of 3"x6".
That is 15 bf (10 x (3x6)/12)
Your total cost is $52.50. (15bf x $3.50/bf)
The price per linear foot on that lumber is $5.25 ($52.50 / 10ft)
3) It cost $7 times the reading on your tape measure.
Hope that helps.
I pay about 700 Euros per cubic metre here in France for 12 year dried
oak suitable for cabinet making (rough cut though). 1300 pounds is
pretty steep
Rory
Bob Martin wrote:
> in 1297378 20060526 111449 "George" <George@least> wrote:
> >"Bob Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> in 1297247 20060525 123919 "henry" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>I have always purchased rough lumber by the board foot and dressed
> >>>lumber by the linear foot. Is that not true in other parts of the
> >>>country?
> >>
> >> my yard (UK) prices wood by the cubic metre - oak is about =A31300
> >
> >Six bucks a BF? Hope it's the highest grade.
>=20
> Pardon? =A31300 is over 2400 USD. It's Croatian White Oak.
In article <[email protected]>, "Tim Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> In article <[email protected]>, "henry"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>I have always purchased rough lumber by the board foot and dressed
>>>lumber by the linear foot. Is that not true in other parts of the
>>>country?
>>>
>> Pretty much the case in my part of the country (Indianapolis) -- but we have
>> one hardwood dealer not too far from here who prices his rough lumber by the
>> linear foot: so much per foot for a 6" wide board of a given species, so much
>> more per foot for an 8" board, etc. Weird. But it does avoid the need to train
>> employees to use board-foot rules, which probably reduces the error rate in
>> pricing.
>>
>>
>Where's this dealer located? I was just up there (Indy) last night. Got
>caught up in the storm!
>
It's Hollingsworth Lumber in Russiaville (pronounced roosh-ya-vill), a few
miles west of Kokomo. Great place -- good selection of quality lumber, helpful
staff, great prices. I live on the NW side of Indy, and it's about a 45- to
50-minute drive for me, and well worth it if I'm buying a large load.
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
"Bob Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> in 1297247 20060525 123919 "henry" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I have always purchased rough lumber by the board foot and dressed
>>lumber by the linear foot. Is that not true in other parts of the
>>country?
>
> my yard (UK) prices wood by the cubic metre - oak is about £1300
Six bucks a BF? Hope it's the highest grade.
in 1297247 20060525 123919 "henry" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have always purchased rough lumber by the board foot and dressed
>lumber by the linear foot. Is that not true in other parts of the
>country?
my yard (UK) prices wood by the cubic metre - oak is about £1300
In article <[email protected]>, "henry" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have always purchased rough lumber by the board foot and dressed
>lumber by the linear foot. Is that not true in other parts of the
>country?
>
Pretty much the case in my part of the country (Indianapolis) -- but we have
one hardwood dealer not too far from here who prices his rough lumber by the
linear foot: so much per foot for a 6" wide board of a given species, so much
more per foot for an 8" board, etc. Weird. But it does avoid the need to train
employees to use board-foot rules, which probably reduces the error rate in
pricing.
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
in 1297378 20060526 111449 "George" <George@least> wrote:
>"Bob Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> in 1297247 20060525 123919 "henry" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>I have always purchased rough lumber by the board foot and dressed
>>>lumber by the linear foot. Is that not true in other parts of the
>>>country?
>>
>> my yard (UK) prices wood by the cubic metre - oak is about £1300
>
>Six bucks a BF? Hope it's the highest grade.
Pardon? £1300 is over 2400 USD. It's Croatian White Oak.
"Jimmy" wrote in message
> What is a linear foot?
12 inches of whatever it is you're buying, sausages or tubafours.
> What amount of wood would ( a woodchuck, etc.) I get in a foot
As with sausages or tubafours, 12 inches of whatever it is you're buying.
>and how much would it cost?
Multiply the cost per linear foot times the number of linear feet you're
buying, sausages or tubafours.
FWIW, construction framing lumber is generally sold by the linear foot.
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"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, "Tim Taylor"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> In article <[email protected]>,
>>> "henry"
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>I have always purchased rough lumber by the board foot and dressed
>>>>lumber by the linear foot. Is that not true in other parts of the
>>>>country?
>>>>
>>> Pretty much the case in my part of the country (Indianapolis) -- but we
>>> have
>>> one hardwood dealer not too far from here who prices his rough lumber by
>>> the
>>> linear foot: so much per foot for a 6" wide board of a given species, so
>>> much
>>> more per foot for an 8" board, etc. Weird. But it does avoid the need to
>>> train
>>> employees to use board-foot rules, which probably reduces the error rate
>>> in
>>> pricing.
>>>
>>>
>>Where's this dealer located? I was just up there (Indy) last night. Got
>>caught up in the storm!
>>
>
> It's Hollingsworth Lumber in Russiaville (pronounced roosh-ya-vill), a few
> miles west of Kokomo. Great place -- good selection of quality lumber,
> helpful
> staff, great prices. I live on the NW side of Indy, and it's about a 45-
> to
> 50-minute drive for me, and well worth it if I'm buying a large load.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
Good deal! I'm up that way quite a bit for my job. I do Kokomo quite often
so I'll make some time to check it out. Do they do any quantity? No semi or
anything like that, I'm talking small quantities, 50 or so feet???
"henry" > wrote in message
> I have always purchased rough lumber by the board foot and dressed
> lumber by the linear foot. Is that not true in other parts of the
> country?
Pretty much ... but instead of saying "dressed", I would say "dimensioned",
which term may be regional in itself.
--
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"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, "Tim Taylor"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>
>>> It's Hollingsworth Lumber in Russiaville (pronounced roosh-ya-vill), a
>>> few
>>> miles west of Kokomo. Great place -- good selection of quality lumber,
>>> helpful staff, great prices. I live on the NW side of Indy, and it's
>>> about a 45-
>>> to 50-minute drive for me, and well worth it if I'm buying a large load.
>>>
>>Good deal! I'm up that way quite a bit for my job. I do Kokomo quite often
>>so I'll make some time to check it out. Do they do any quantity? No semi
>>or
>>anything like that, I'm talking small quantities, 50 or so feet???
>
> They'll sell you as much, or as little, as you want. A real bonus is their
> "shorts" racks: offcuts less than 6 feet long. The shorter the piece, the
> lower the price _per_board_foot_. I built this piece entirely out of
> pieces
> from their shorts pile (except for the plywood shelf & back), at a cost of
> somewhere around $2/BF:
> http://www.milmac.com/Furniture/WalnutNightstand.JPG
>
> The place is on State Road 29, about five miles west of US 31.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
Alrighty then, next time I'm up that way I'll make it a point to stop in
there. I did take some time out the other day coming back from Terre Haute
on the way to Connersville to stop in the Rockler store up there. It's the
first time I had ever been in there, man what a place!
Thanks for the info, and the nightstand looks really good! Next to cherry,
walnut rules!
in 1297517 20060527 121633 "Cappy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I pay about 700 Euros per cubic metre here in France for 12 year dried
>oak suitable for cabinet making (rough cut though). 1300 pounds is
>pretty steep
>
>Rory
I'll be on the shuttle next time I need some!
700 Euros seems cheap even by US standards.
Linear foot:
-- Not to be confused with square foot, board foot, or any other
"foot"
-- Twelve inches of whatever is being sold by the "linear" foot,
regardless of width, thickness. Obviously the price varies with
whatever it being sold.
Jimmy wrote:
> What is a linear foot? Say you want to buy some wood, rough cut
> 2"
> thick (don't know the width) at, say, $7 a linear foot. What
> amount
> of wood would ( a woodchuck, etc.) I get in a foot and how much
> would
> it cost?
> Thanx
In article <[email protected]>,
Jimmy <[email protected]> wrote:
>What is a linear foot? Say you want to buy some wood, rough cut 2" thick
>(don't know the width) at, say, $7 a linear foot. What amount of wood would
>( a woodchuck, etc.) I get in a foot and how much would it cost?
>
> Thanx
>
>
You would get 1 a one foot long board, rough cut to 2" thick, with a
width you don't know, and it would cost $7 (plus tax)
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
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"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, "henry"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I have always purchased rough lumber by the board foot and dressed
>>lumber by the linear foot. Is that not true in other parts of the
>>country?
>>
> Pretty much the case in my part of the country (Indianapolis) -- but we
> have
> one hardwood dealer not too far from here who prices his rough lumber by
> the
> linear foot: so much per foot for a 6" wide board of a given species, so
> much
> more per foot for an 8" board, etc. Weird. But it does avoid the need to
> train
> employees to use board-foot rules, which probably reduces the error rate
> in
> pricing.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
Where's this dealer located? I was just up there (Indy) last night. Got
caught up in the storm!
In article <[email protected]>, "Tim Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> It's Hollingsworth Lumber in Russiaville (pronounced roosh-ya-vill), a few
>> miles west of Kokomo. Great place -- good selection of quality lumber,
>> helpful staff, great prices. I live on the NW side of Indy, and it's about a 45-
>> to 50-minute drive for me, and well worth it if I'm buying a large load.
>>
>Good deal! I'm up that way quite a bit for my job. I do Kokomo quite often
>so I'll make some time to check it out. Do they do any quantity? No semi or
>anything like that, I'm talking small quantities, 50 or so feet???
They'll sell you as much, or as little, as you want. A real bonus is their
"shorts" racks: offcuts less than 6 feet long. The shorter the piece, the
lower the price _per_board_foot_. I built this piece entirely out of pieces
from their shorts pile (except for the plywood shelf & back), at a cost of
somewhere around $2/BF:
http://www.milmac.com/Furniture/WalnutNightstand.JPG
The place is on State Road 29, about five miles west of US 31.
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
"Jimmy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What is a linear foot? Say you want to buy some wood, rough cut 2" thick
> (don't know the width) at, say, $7 a linear foot. What amount of wood
would
> ( a woodchuck, etc.) I get in a foot and how much would it cost?
>
> Thanx
>
>
Linear footage is priced based on a particular dimension. For example - 1X6
@ $X per linear foot. How much will you get? Simple math. You cannot
associate linear pricing with board foot pricing without speaking about a
specific board dimension.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
In article <[email protected]>,
"Jimmy" <[email protected]> wrote:
> What is a linear foot? Say you want to buy some wood, rough cut 2" thick
> (don't know the width) at, say, $7 a linear foot. What amount of wood would
> ( a woodchuck, etc.) I get in a foot and how much would it cost?
>
> Thanx
Errrrrmmm... you can buy yarn by the linear foot. Conversely, you can
buy a concrete driveway by the linear foot.
Liquorice laces.
Shoe laces.
All kinda stuff by the foot.
*S*
r
On 26/05/2006 1:15 PM, Bob Martin wrote:
> in 1297378 20060526 111449 "George" <George@least> wrote:
>> "Bob Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> my yard (UK) prices wood by the cubic metre - oak is about £1300
>> Six bucks a BF? Hope it's the highest grade.
> Pardon? £1300 is over 2400 USD. It's Croatian White Oak.
And there's 424 BF per cubic meter.
On Thu, 25 May 2006 08:28:14 +0000, Jimmy wrote:
> What is a linear foot? Say you want to buy some wood, rough cut 2" thick
> (don't know the width) at, say, $7 a linear foot. What amount of wood would
> ( a woodchuck, etc.) I get in a foot and how much would it cost?
>
> Thanx
A linear foot is a one foot measurement(length) for the wood in question.
How much wood you are getting depends on the thickness and width of the
wood. You would have to figure how many board feet there is in the linear
foot to determine how much the cost per board foot is. Board foot = Width
x thickness x length. So if your 2" thick wood was 12" wide, you would
have 2 board feet in a linear foot, which = #3.50 a board foot.
P.T.