Board foot

board foot
Unit ofVolume
SymbolFBM
Conversions
1 FBM in ...... is equal to ...
   SI base units   ≈0.002359737 m3
   US Customary   1⁄12 ft3

The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot (30.5 cm) in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness.[1]

Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure"), BDFT, or BF. A thousand board feet can be abbreviated as MFBM, MBFT, or MBF. Similarly, a million board feet can be abbreviated as MMFBM, MMBFT, or MMBF.

Until the 1970s, in Australia and New Zealand, the terms super foot and superficial foot were used with the same meaning.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ peak, Esteem (2023-01-22). "What is a Board Foot?". Esteempeak. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement". Retrieved 2007-01-30.
  3. ^ Burger, Les. "Cutting Timber on Springbrook in 1935". Archived from the original on September 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-06. Archived 2007-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Holgate, Alan. "The Bendigo Monier Arch Bridges". Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-11-06. Archived 2007-07-02 at the Wayback Machine