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No, a board foot does not go at the base of a wooden leg. When you buy lumber in quantity, the price of a particular species and grade of weed is often quoted by the board foot, a measurement equivalent to one square-foot piece of wood that's 1 inch think—a 1-foot-long 1 by 12 is 1 board foot. Similarly, a 1-foot-long 2 by 6, which is twice as thick but only half as wide as a 1 by 12, is also 1 board foot.
Like the more familiar lineal foot pricing (where you pay according to the length of a piece) board-foot measurement does not account for the drying and surfacing of lumber. Board-foot pricing allows a lumberyard to group several different dimensions—say 2 by 4s, 2 by 6s, and 2 by 8s—under one price.
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No, a board foot does not go at the base of a wooden leg. When you buy lumber in quantity, the price of a particular species and grade of weed is often quoted by the board foot, a measurement equivalent to one square-foot piece of wood that's 1 inch think—a 1-foot-long 1 by 12 is 1 board foot. Similarly, a 1-foot-long 2 by 6, which is twice as thick but only half as wide as a 1 by 12, is also 1 board foot.