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Board Foot Defined as a board containing 144 cubic inches of sawed lumber or the equivalent of a board 12 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 1 inch thick Board footage calculation (lumber) • Softwood lumber: Use nominal dimensions • Hardwood lumber: Use nominal thickness and actual width
Cubic Foot of Wood Defined as a solid piece of wood that is 1 foot long, 1 foot wide, and 1 foot thick • This unit is considered the most accurate in common use • Does not allow for sawkerf, sawkerf, slabs edgings, shrinkage, bark, or sawing method • Pulpwood and salvage materials often measured in cubic feet or cunits (100 cubic feet)
Page 1 and 2: Sawmill Short Course Log Inputs - M
Page 3: Common Log Measurements Board Foot
Page 7 and 8: Linear Foot of Wood A wood member
Page 9 and 10: Board foot log rules Cubic foot sc
Page 11 and 12: Log Scaling Assumptions The log is
Page 13 and 14: Merchantability Guidelines Guidelin
Page 15 and 16: Defect Classifications (Region 2) 1
Page 17 and 18: Squared Defect Method Defective ar
Page 19 and 20: Length Deduction Method Used when
Page 21 and 22: Bucking Logs for Scale (Value) Buck
Page 23 and 24: Cubic Foot Measure Cubic foot rule
Page 25 and 26: Two-end Two end Conic Rule The log
Page 27 and 28: Is there a best system? - The case
Page 29 and 30: Benefits of Weight Scaling Reduced
Page 31 and 32: Weight Scale Factors Can use stand
Page 33 and 34: Estimating the Number of Sample Tru
Page 35 and 36: Conversion Factors for Log/Lumber M
Page 37 and 38: Conversion Factors for Log/Lumber M
Page 39 and 40: Log Grading Definition: Classifying
Page 41 and 42: Log Grades (Example)
Page 43 and 44: Grading strategies for small mills

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