cubic meter (m3) to thousand board foot
cubic meter (m3) to thousand board foot
by GUS on 08/23/05 at 15:58:13
I´m working on the wood trade, from Brazil to US and many other coutires and i´m trying to figure out how shoould I convert prices in cubic meter (m3) to thousand board foot (mbf), I have a customer looking for some prices on IPE LUMBER and he gave me somes sizes, as follows:
1" x 6" x 12-16
1" x 8" x 12-18
Price Usd 1300 per m3
Can you help me in make this conversation ?
Re: cubic meter (m3) to thousand board foot
by Robert Fogt on 08/24/05 at 04:10:02
You would do something like this:
cubic meters / (board width in meters * board thickness in meters) = linear meters
linear meters * 3.28 = linear foot
linear foot / 1000 = thousand board foot
About the only thing to keep in mind, is to convert the board width and thickness to meters first, or the first formula will not be correct.