Imperial measurements
A bd ft generally speaking (technically a bit different) is 1 x 12 x 12 inches. There are 25.4mm to the inch, so 12 inches is about 305mm. A bd ft here would then be approx 25mm x 305mm x 305mm. So your pine 90x35mm that sells for $2 a meter (close to a 3.5" x 1.5", or what we sell as a 2x4 here) would be around $5 for an 8 ft stud. That 140 x 35mm (basically a 2x6 here) would be $15-17 for an 8 footer. Thats a bit more expensive than we can get lumber for here. I can see why milling your own would be so important. Still... some of the stuff you have down there is drop dead beautiful wood you can't get anywhere else. Location location location.
Interesting, thanks for the info... back to my wooshop.
Hi Woodshop Yeah mate , I was a bit slack , I got off me bum and measured the wood , What we call 4" x 1 1/2" or 90mm x 35mm is actualy 3 1/2" x 1 1/2" and same for 6" x 1 1/2" or 140mm x 35mm is actualy 5 1/2" x 1 1/2" . Prabably another long story , I have worked in a few sawmills around here , starting as a Tallyman then docker grader and destacker also ,greenchain hand stacker , greenchain trimsaws , greenchain auto stacker op , drymill moulder op , greenmill edger op , logyard log roller (bloody dangerous job that) and heaps of others . Also worked at 3 different sawmills on 4 occasions , I guess I never got the sawdust out of me blood . what we call 4" x 2" is actualy 3 1/2" x 1 3/4" going by memory , which started out as around 4" x 2" or about 100mm x 50mm , once plained 4x2 ends up being 90mm x 45mm , somewhat smaller . As for imperial or metric measurements , they are all the same to me , during my lifetime we have gone , in money , from pennys , shilings and pounds to cents and dollars , as to measurements , we have gone from ounces , pounds , quarts , gallons , inches ,yards , miles , furlongs etc , to metric . I supose we will be using chinese money soon the way things are going . I hope this is not too confusing . Hey thanks for the info on board feet , I remember watchin my oldman calculating loads of logs , he was a pinefaller years ago , back in the days when they loaded by hand , I used to trim the trees with my 2 brothers , I was about ten then , with trimming axes , after dad dropped enough trees , they were very nasty axes , I remember one of me brothers splitting one of his big toes , down the middle , striaght through his new shoes , we did this for extra pocket money on holidays sometimes , they used to call this chid care back then , I loved it . Anyway enough dribbling . Cheers mm
