16 Drawer Dresser — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 22 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 18"

1 board · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over
24"
1. Top — 24"

3/4" × 17"

2 boards · 14.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5/8" left over
52"21"21"
1. Sides — 52"
2. Top & base — 21"
3. Top & base — 21"
Board 2 · 42 7/8" left over
52"
1. Sides — 52"

3/4" × 3 1/2"

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 36 5/8" left over
24"17"17"
1. Base molding front — 24"
2. Base molding sides — 17"
3. Base molding sides — 17"

3/4" × 2 1/2"

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 36% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 61" left over
2"2"2"2"2"2"2"2"2"2"2"2"2"2"2"2"

3/4" × 1 1/2"

12 boards · 9.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/8" left over
21"21"21"21"4"4"2"
1. Drawer dividers — 21"
2. Drawer dividers — 21"
3. Drawer dividers — 21"
4. Drawer dividers — 21"
5. Drawer front & back — 4"
6. Drawer front & back — 4"
7. Drawer supports — 2"
Board 2 · 1/8" left over
21"21"21"

1/4" × 22"

1 board · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 42 7/8" left over
52"
1. Backing — 52"

1/4" × 17"

4 boards · 10.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 14 1/2" left over
20"20"20"20"
1. Drawer bottom — 20"
2. Drawer bottom — 20"
3. Drawer bottom — 20"
4. Drawer bottom — 20"
Board 2 · 14 1/2" left over
20"20"20"20"
1. Drawer bottom — 20"
2. Drawer bottom — 20"
3. Drawer bottom — 20"
4. Drawer bottom — 20"
Board 3 · 14 1/2" left over

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.

16 Drawer Dresser — board plan

3/4" × 18"

Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over

3/4" × 17"

Board 1 · 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 42 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2"

Board 1 · 36 5/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2"

Board 1 · 61" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2"

Board 1 · 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 1/8" left over

1/4" × 22"

Board 1 · 42 7/8" left over

1/4" × 17"

Board 1 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 1/8" left over

Board 4 · 0" left over

Board 5 · 1 1/8" left over

Board 6 · 1 1/8" left over

Board 7 · 1 1/8" left over

Board 8 · 1 1/8" left over

Board 9 · 1 1/8" left over

Board 10 · 1 1/8" left over

Board 11 · 5/8" left over

Board 12 · 71 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 14 1/2" left over