Determining Board Ft out of a whole log

[Hank Keller]

I am meeting my sawyer tuesday to show him the logs I plan to have sawn up. What is the best way for me to estimate the total board feet out of a log? For instance, I have a 24" diameter (measured from bark edge to bark edge) maple that is 15 feet long. What would that yield?

Thanks!

[Ted Christiansen]

Hank,

This board foot calculator should work for you. I understand the International scale is the most accurate, and accounts for 1/4" kerf. The sawmill is probably a bandmill, so the yield should be even better.

http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/calculators/calc.pl?calculator=log_volume

Regards,

Ted

[Ian Abraham]

Just to add to what Ted posted, measure the log inside the bark at the small end. A thin kerf bandsaw should cut a little over the International scale.

Cheers

Ian

[Dick Bringhurst]

Don't know about the international scale, but usually the diameter of the small end of the log is used in the calculation. Dick B.

[Steve Clardy]

I've got a scale sheet I carry in my billfold. Its about wore out.
You'll have to measure inside the bark