VIII.
CARPENTRY:
, COMMERCIAL SIZES OF LUMBER
2”x 2” Commercial Lengths:
2”x 3”
2”x 4” 6ft, 8ft, 10ft, 12ft, 14ft, 16ft, 18ft, 20ft
2”x 5”
2”x 6” Types of Lumber:
2”x 8” Rough Lumber (RL)
2”x 10” Good Lumber (Good quality of wood)
2”x 12” S 4 S Lumber (Surfaced lumber or lumber with
4”x 4” Smooth 4 Sides)
3”x 3”
,The board foot (Bd.ft.) is a unit of measurement for the volume
of lumber in the United States or Canada. It equals
the volume of a one foot length of a board, one foot wide and
one inch thick.
Example:
Determine the number of Bd.Ft. of 2”x 6”x 12’ lumber.
Bd.ft.= (b x d x l) / 12
= (2”x 6”x 12’)/12
= 12 Bd.ft.
,
CARPENTRY:
, COMMERCIAL SIZES OF LUMBER
2”x 2” Commercial Lengths:
2”x 3”
2”x 4” 6ft, 8ft, 10ft, 12ft, 14ft, 16ft, 18ft, 20ft
2”x 5”
2”x 6” Types of Lumber:
2”x 8” Rough Lumber (RL)
2”x 10” Good Lumber (Good quality of wood)
2”x 12” S 4 S Lumber (Surfaced lumber or lumber with
4”x 4” Smooth 4 Sides)
3”x 3”
,The board foot (Bd.ft.) is a unit of measurement for the volume
of lumber in the United States or Canada. It equals
the volume of a one foot length of a board, one foot wide and
one inch thick.
Example:
Determine the number of Bd.Ft. of 2”x 6”x 12’ lumber.
Bd.ft.= (b x d x l) / 12
= (2”x 6”x 12’)/12
= 12 Bd.ft.
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