Thread: SuperFeet SuperFoot?

Originally Posted by rupert goodall

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im pretty sure there are 400 super feet per cubic metre......
cheers
rupert....www.woodworld.com.au

428.571428571428. superfeet to the cubic metre (to the nearest billionth of a SF.)

The 'super' is the only unit we lost in the conversion to metric that I lament. It is a very convenient measure of VOLUME. The nearest equivalent in the metric system is the Litre, and I don't know why we don't make more use of it.

The superfoot can be readily visualised in the sort of standard dimensions we use - i.e. a 1 inch board 12" x 12" or 6" x 24" and so on. With a little experience, you could quickly calculate the number of superfeet ("boardfeet" across the Pacific) needed for a typical cabinet job.

A superfoot is 2.37 litres, so a litre is a little less than half a super (0.42).

A board measuring say 25 x 100 x 400mm would be a litre of wood - could still be a useful measure.

And I would love to watch the face of someone in a wood store when I wandered in and asked for "800 litres of NG Rosewood, please..."

Originally Posted by IanW

................And I would love to watch the face of someone in a wood store when I wandered in and asked for "800 litres of NG Rosewood, please..."

And I'd love to see your face when they gave you 800 litres of NGR sawdust after you'd paid!

Mick

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

And I'd love to see your face when they gave you 800 litres of NGR sawdust after you'd paid!

Mick

Yairs, Mick - it would be a sight! More like:

You are right - most people think of a litre as a liquid, or as near to liquid as sawdust can be, but it's just a measure of volume, after all, same as a cubic foot is a measure of volume, which you could equally express as '6.25 gallons'

Hmm, wonder what I could do with a couple of thou's worth of Rosewood sawdust???

Cheers,

Some conversion factors, memorized years ago, you just can't expel. One gallon = 231.00 cubic inches. Soooo what?

Joe

Originally Posted by joe greiner

Some conversion factors, memorized years ago, you just can't expel. One gallon = 231.00 cubic inches. Soooo what?

Joe

Ha Ha... So, Joe, shall we head down to the Chevy dealer and negotiate a price for a one-and-three-quarter gallon Impala SS. I'm thinking of the one with the 5.3 litre V8. What they do with cubic inches when I wasn't looking?"

I was at Anagote a few weeks back too - great service BTW (no affilitation etc...) their Superfoot is to my understanding exactly the same as the American "board foot".