boardfoot weights list

[tribalwind]

ive gotta figure out hoiw to ship 300bdft of eastern red cedar from mulberry arkansas to baldwin ny, so i was trying to find out how much the stuff weighs.
(any help with that would be great by the way!!)

this page has a list of lots of woods with a description and their weight by bdft. handy little resource.
im printing it out for my shop binder.

http://www.theworkbench.com/species/species.php

[scmhogg]

Matt,

You will have to know the moisture content to get an accurate figure. The link below has rather complicated formulae for the computations you need. You can scroll down to the factors you have to insert for Eastern Red Cedar.

http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_bas...of_lumber.html

I also learned that ERC is not a cedar but a juniper. Requires one to drink gin whilst working with it.

Steve

[Ken Weaver]

Matt,

I also learned that ERC is not a cedar but a juniper. Requires one to drink gin whilst working with it.

Steve

Maybe that's why my ERC bench top split - no martinis

[tribalwind]

yes steve thanks.
i think the list i found is an average weight for air dried stuff, they dont list the MC,


i saw that one u posted also but i have no clue what the mc is for this mills wood to insert and gave up quickly when i saw all the math LOL.

[mschrank]

Matthew-
As pointed out above, there are several variables in figuring out the weight...unless you're just looking for a ballpark. Most tables will list a range at best.

Matt,

I also learned that ERC is not a cedar but a juniper. Requires one to drink gin whilst working with it.

Steve

None of the "cedars" that grow naturally in the U.S are true cedars. If you look at the latin names, you will see that Eastern Red, Western Red, and Incense cedar all have different genus names, none of which in "cedrus."

Another fun tree fact: The common name for Douglas-fir indicates that it is a fir. It is not. And to confuse things more, it's latin genus name Pseudotsuga implies it is a "false (pseudo) hemlock (tsuga)"

[LCHIEN]

I just use the figure 42 lbs per cu ft for wood... that works out to 3.5 lbs per bdft. Good enough for estimation. But you can readily find species and density in lbs per cu ft on the internet. If you want lbs per board ft, you have to divide by 12 since there are 12 bd ft per cubic ft.