Cubic Foot calculations

[Ian Dalziel]

Hi All,
I have been trying to work out how much timber is in a cubic foot,
the timber yard i approached will only give me a price in cubic tonnes 'dohh' and i'm struggling to get my quantities.
I'm trying to buy some american white oak which they only have 100mm x 25mm x 3600mm in stock and couldnt give me a cubic foot price at the time i phoned, i think i got the new start.
I worked out that i needed 180mm x 20mm x 1250mm in a quantity of 10off for the job i wanted and could join the boards but my brain seems to have stopped functioning today
can any one shed some light on how to work out cubic foot sizes

Ian

 

[Adam]

Ask google like this....

180mm * 20mm * 1250mm in (foot)^3

Type it into goggle directly as it is, and it'll give you the answer?

Or how about in meters cubed?

180mm * 20mm * 1250mm in meters^3
(= 0.0045 meters^3)


or how about in teaspoons?

e.g.

180mm * 20mm * 1250mm in teaspoons

= 912.978609 US teaspoons

So how much is a teaspoon you ask?

912.978609 US teaspoons = 38.0407754 half US cups

And on an on.....

38. in roman numerals = XXXVIII


Adam

 

[ike]

1 cubic meters = 35.3146667 cubic feet

180mm x 20mm x 1250mm in a quantity of 10off = .18m x .02m x 1.25m x 10 = 0.045 cubic metres = 0.045 x 35.3146667 = 1.59 cubic feet

 

[Adam]

OK, I forgot to multiple it up by the 10 pieces, but google has the correct answer. :lol:

Adam

 

[Neil]

Hi Ian,

You might find the Convert utility useful:

http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/

NeilCFD

 

[Ian Dalziel]

Superb Gents,
i didnt know you could do that with google, these web search engines are not as daft as they look.
once again thanks

Ian

 

[Aragorn]

I didn't know that about Google either - very impressive.
I tend to use this site for conversions.

 

[Losos]

And here's someone elso who didn't know about that Google function....Very nice.

 

[Anonymous]

If you've received info from the US they should at least be able to give you a 'board foot' price (white oak should be about $12, or was a couple of years ago when I last bought some). Simply multiply that by 12 for the cubic foot price.