Woodworking Material
Convert a project's boards into board feet and cost.
About Woodworking Material
Each board's volume in nominal feet is summed over the whole run and multiplied by the per-board-foot price. A furniture project's wood spend is easy to under-budget, and board-feet totals tie directly to the yard's invoice.
Formula
Woodworking Material
Board feet = boards x length x width x thickness / 12
- board feet
- Standard unit lumberyards use to price material
Worked example
With the default values below, Woodworking Material returns Board Feet of 40.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Boardsminimum 1
- 6
- Lengthminimum 0.5 ft
- 10 ft
- Widthminimum 0.5 in
- 8 in
- Thicknessminimum 0.5 in
- 1 in
- Price per board footminimum 0
- 5
Results
- Board Feet
- 40.00
- Linear Length
- 60.0 ft
- Total Cost
- $200.00
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Woodworking Material
- 3Board Feet= 40.00
- 4Linear Length= 60.0 ft
- 5Total Cost= 200.00
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 5 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Woodworking Material calculated?
Board feet = boards x length x width x thickness / 12 Each board's volume in nominal feet is summed over the whole run and multiplied by the per-board-foot price.
Why does Woodworking Material matter?
A furniture project's wood spend is easy to under-budget, and board-feet totals tie directly to the yard's invoice.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 5 inputs: Boards, Length, Width, Thickness, Price per board foot. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.