How many BF?

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So I am gonna venture into making some cutting boards for christmas this year and am gonna use the woodwhisperer’s design. About how many BF of each do you think I should purchase? I am making three. Final dimensions will be 12×18. Im thinking about 1.5 bf/species/cutting board. Am I totally off? Thanks for the info.

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TropicalWW home \| projects \| blog 34 posts in 822 days #1 posted 611 days ago	According to Bell Forest Products, if you buy their “kit” for the WW cutting board, you’ll get 5.3 BF total. Bell Forest Products WW Cutting Board Package
David Grimes home \| projects \| blog 2114 posts in 809 days #2 posted 611 days ago	12” x 18” = 1.5 sf @ 1” thick = 1.5 bf. Yep it does. -- If you're going to stir the pot, think BIG spoon or SMALL boat paddle. David Grimes, Georgia
ShaneA home \| projects \| blog 3967 posts in 768 days #3 posted 611 days ago	You will need extra to account for jointing, planing, snipe, ripping, kerf loss, knots and things like that. I would guess 2+ bf per board. Better too much than too little.
Pdub home \| projects \| blog 826 posts in 1350 days #4 posted 610 days ago	This might help. The cutting board designer will let you play around with different designs. http://lumberjocks.com/projects/11372 -- Paul, North Dakota, USAF Ret.

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