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Volume (lumber) converter

Board feet, cords and the units timber is sold in. 7 units, converted from one table of exact factors.

1 cubic meter in every other volume (lumber) unit

Computed by the same engine that runs the converter above, so these can never drift apart from it.

FromEqualsUnit
1 cubic meter423.7760005board foot (FBM)
1 cubic meter0.4237760005thousand board feet (MBF)
1 cubic meter35.31466672cubic foot (ft³)
1 cubic meter0.2758958338cord (cd)
1 cubic meter2.20716667cord feet (cd-ft)
1 cubic meter0.3531466672cunit (cunit)

What each unit actually is

Most converters give you a number and stop. Where a figure is exact by definition we say so, and where it is an average or shifts with conditions we say that too — that is usually the thing you needed to know.

UnitSymbolWhat it actually is
cubic meter
board footFBMA foot square and an inch thick — nominal, so it rarely matches the milled size.
thousand board feetMBFHow lumber is traded.
cubic footft³Exact.
cordcdA stack 4 × 4 × 8 feet. Firewood.
cord feetcd-ftAn eighth of a cord.
cunitcunitA hundred cubic feet.

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