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LUMBER TABLES


To assist you in your new profession, we have included these handy tables. Here you will find conversion tables for Board Foot Measure, Conversion from Board Foot to Lineal Feet, product classification and Dimensional Data for Nominal and Dressed Lumber. We hope you will find them helpful as you utilize your Procut Portable Sawmill. Click on the following links for some specification information about different chainsaws which can be used in the sawmill and some handy gas:oil fuel mixture ratio charts.
Converting Lumber from Board Feet to Lineal Feet
Size Bd. Ft to Lineal Ft Lin Ft / 1000 Bd Ft
1 x 1 0.08 12500
1 x 2 0.16 6250
1 x 3 0.25 4000
1 x 4 0.33 3030
1 x 5 0.41 2403
1 x 6 0.50 2000
2 x 2 0.33 3030
2 x 4 0.66 1515
2 x 6 1.00 1000
2 x 8 1.33 751
2 x 10 1.66 602
2 x 12 2.00 500
A rapid way to estimate board feet.
Width Thickness Board Feet
3 1" or less 1/4 of the length
4 1" or less 1/3 of the length
6 1" or less 1/2 of the length
9 1" or less 3/4 of the length
12 1" or less same as the length
15 410,000 1 1/4 of the length
To convert Lineal Ft to Board Ft
width x thickness x length ÷ 12=Bd Ft
Example: Board Ft in 2 x 4 - 16 Ft long
2 x 4 x 16=128 ÷ 12=10.66 Board Feet




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Product Classification of Western Lumber
  Thickness Width   Thickness Width
Board Lumber 1" 2" or more Posts & Timbers 5" x 5" and larger not more than 2" greater than thickness
Light Framing 2" to 4" 2" to 4" Decking 2" to 4" 4" to 12" wide
Joists & Planks 2" to 4" 6" and wider Siding thickness expressed by
dimension of butt edge
Beams & Stringers 5" and thicker more than 2" greater than thickness Moldings size at thickest
and widest points


Common materials used in home construction: Dimensional Data/Nominal, Dressed
  Product Description Nominal Size Dressed Dimensions
  Thickness   Width Thickness and Widths Length Ft.
Surfaced Dry Surfaced Unseasoned
Framing S1S1E
S1E or S4S 		2 2 1 1/2 1 9/16 6 ft and longer in multiples of 1 foot
3 3 2 1/2 2 9/16
4 4 3 1/2 3 9/16
6 6 5 1/2 5 5/8
8 8 7 1/4 7 1/2
10 10 9 1/4 9 1/2
12 12 11 1/4 11 1/2
Over 12 Over 12 Off 3/4 Off 1/2
 
Timbers   5 and larger Thickness and Width
1/2 off Nominal 		Same
 
    Nominal Size Dressed Dimensions Surfaced Dry
Thickness Width Thickness Width Lengths Ft.
Decking S2S, CM EV1S, D&M 2 4 1 1/2 3 Same
3 6 2 1/2 5
4 8 3 1/2 6 3/4
  10   8 3/4
  12   10 3/4
 
Selects and Commons
S-Dry 		S1S, S2S, S4S, S1S1E, S1S2E 4/4 2 3/4 1 1/2 Same
5/4 3 1 5/32 2 1/2
6/4 4 1 13/32 3 1/2
7/4 5 1 19/32 4 1/2
8/4 6 1 13/16 5 1/2
9/4 7 2 3/32 6 1/2
10/4 8 and wider 2 3/8 3/4 Off
11/4   2 9/16 nominal
12/4   2 3/4  
16/4   3 3/4  
 
Flooring (D & M), (S2S & CM) 3/8 2 5/16 1 1/8 Same
1/2 3 7/16 2 1/8
5/8 4 9/16 3 1/8
1 5 3/4 4 1/8
1 1/4 6 1 5 1/8
1 1/2   1 1/4  


PROCUT Portable Sawmills
2468 McBride Crescent
Prince George, B.C. CanadaV2M 2A1
Phone: 1-250-562-6422 or email

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