re: Figuring Board Feet for New Woodworkers

I really had trouble teaching board feet to my wood working students. They had a hard time understanding that 1″ × 1″ × 144″ and 1″ × 12″ × 12″ were both board feet, even more so that any other combination that resulted in 144 cubic inches was board feet. Was something to see, though, when it sunk in.