Conversion Chart
(Board feet to Linear Feet)
Multiply your board footage by the factor below to obtain the linear footage
(Example: 50 bf of 2x8 = 37.5 liner feet)

- - - - - T H I C K N E S S - - - - -
WIDTH 4/4
(1")
5/4
(1-1/4")
6/4
(1-1/2")
7/4
(1-3/4")
8/4
(2")
10/4
(2-1/2")
12/4
(3")
16/4
(4")
1 12.000 9.600 8.000 6.857 6.000 4.800 4.000 3.000
2 6.000 4.800 4.000 3.429 3.000 2.400 2.000 1.500
3 4.000 3.200 2.667 2.286 2.000 1.600 1.333 1.000
4 3.000 2.400 2.000 1.714 1.500 1.200 1.000 .750
5 2.400 1.92 1.600 1.371 1.200 .960 .800 .600
6 2.000 1.600 1.333 1.143 1.000 .800 .667 .500
7 1.714 1.371 1.143 .980 .857 .686 .571 .429
8 1.500 1.200 1.000 .857 .750 .600 .500 .375
9 1.333 1.067 .889 .762 .667 .533 .444 .333
10 1.200 .960 .800 .686 .600 .480 .400 .300
11 1.091 .873 .727 .623 .545 .436 .364 .273
12 1.000 .800 .667 .571 .500 .400 .333 .250
13 .923 .738 .615 .527 .462 .369 .308 .231
14 .857 .686 .571 .490 .429 .343 .286 .214
15 .800 .640 .533 .457 .400 .320 .267 .200
16 .750 .600 .500 .429 .375 .300 .250 .188
17 .706 .565 .471 .403 .353 .282 .235 .176
18 .667 .533 .444 .381 .333 .267 .222 .167
19 .632 .505 .421 .361 .316 .253 .211 .158
20 .600 .480 .400 .343 .300 .240 .200 .150
21 .571 .457 .381 .327 .286 .229 .190 .143
22 .545 .436 .361 .312 .273 .218 .182 .136
23 .522 .417 .348 .298 .261 .209 .174 .130
24 .500 .400 .333 .286 .250 .200 .167 .125
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