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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 each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 24"

3/4" × 17"

2 boards · 14.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 5/8" left over

    1. Sides — 52"
    2. Top & base — 21"
    3. Top & base — 21"

  2. Board 2 · 42 7/8" left over

    1. Sides — 52"

3/4" × 3 1/2"

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 36 5/8" left over

    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 each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 61" left over

    1. Drawer fronts — 2"
    2. Drawer fronts — 2"
    3. Drawer fronts — 2"
    4. Drawer fronts — 2"
    5. Drawer fronts — 2"
    6. Drawer fronts — 2"
    7. Drawer fronts — 2"
    8. Drawer fronts — 2"
    9. Drawer fronts — 2"
    10. Drawer fronts — 2"
    11. Drawer fronts — 2"
    12. Drawer fronts — 2"
    13. Drawer fronts — 2"
    14. Drawer fronts — 2"
    15. Drawer fronts — 2"
    16. Drawer fronts — 2"

3/4" × 1 1/2"

12 boards · 9.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1/8" left over

    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"

  2. Board 2 · 1/8" left over

    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"

  3. Board 3 · 1/8" left over

    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"

  4. Board 4 · 0" left over

    1. Drawer dividers — 21"
    2. Drawer dividers — 21"
    3. Drawer dividers — 21"
    4. Drawer sides — 17"
    5. Drawer front & back — 4"
    6. Drawer front & back — 4"
    7. Drawer front & back — 4"
    8. Drawer supports — 2"

  5. Board 5 · 1 1/8" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 17"
    2. Drawer sides — 17"
    3. Drawer sides — 17"
    4. Drawer sides — 17"
    5. Drawer sides — 17"
    6. Drawer front & back — 4"
    7. Drawer front & back — 4"

  6. Board 6 · 1 1/8" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 17"
    2. Drawer sides — 17"
    3. Drawer sides — 17"
    4. Drawer sides — 17"
    5. Drawer sides — 17"
    6. Drawer front & back — 4"
    7. Drawer front & back — 4"

  7. Board 7 · 1 1/8" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 17"
    2. Drawer sides — 17"
    3. Drawer sides — 17"
    4. Drawer sides — 17"
    5. Drawer sides — 17"
    6. Drawer front & back — 4"
    7. Drawer front & back — 4"

  8. Board 8 · 1 1/8" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 17"
    2. Drawer sides — 17"
    3. Drawer sides — 17"
    4. Drawer sides — 17"
    5. Drawer sides — 17"
    6. Drawer front & back — 4"
    7. Drawer front & back — 4"

  9. Board 9 · 1 1/8" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 17"
    2. Drawer sides — 17"
    3. Drawer sides — 17"
    4. Drawer sides — 17"
    5. Drawer sides — 17"
    6. Drawer front & back — 4"
    7. Drawer front & back — 4"

  10. Board 10 · 1 1/8" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 17"
    2. Drawer sides — 17"
    3. Drawer sides — 17"
    4. Drawer sides — 17"
    5. Drawer sides — 17"
    6. Drawer front & back — 4"
    7. Drawer front & back — 4"

  11. Board 11 · 5/8" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 17"
    2. Drawer front & back — 4"
    3. Drawer front & back — 4"
    4. Drawer front & back — 4"
    5. Drawer front & back — 4"
    6. Drawer front & back — 4"
    7. Drawer front & back — 4"
    8. Drawer front & back — 4"
    9. Drawer front & back — 4"
    10. Drawer front & back — 4"
    11. Drawer front & back — 4"
    12. Drawer front & back — 4"
    13. Drawer supports — 2"
    14. Drawer supports — 2"
    15. Drawer supports — 2"
    16. Drawer supports — 2"
    17. Drawer supports — 2"
    18. Drawer supports — 2"
    19. Drawer supports — 2"
    20. Drawer supports — 2"
    21. Drawer supports — 2"
    22. Drawer supports — 2"
    23. Drawer supports — 2"
    24. Drawer supports — 2"
    25. Drawer supports — 2"
    26. Drawer supports — 2"
    27. Drawer supports — 2"

  12. Board 12 · 71 5/8" left over

    1. Drawer supports — 2"
    2. Drawer supports — 2"
    3. Drawer supports — 2"
    4. Drawer supports — 2"
    5. Drawer supports — 2"
    6. Drawer supports — 2"
    7. Drawer supports — 2"
    8. Drawer supports — 2"
    9. Drawer supports — 2"
    10. Drawer supports — 2"
    11. Drawer supports — 2"

1/4" × 22"

1 board · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 42 7/8" left over

    1. Backing — 52"

1/4" × 17"

4 boards · 10.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer bottom — 20"
    2. Drawer bottom — 20"
    3. Drawer bottom — 20"
    4. Drawer bottom — 20"

  2. Board 2 · 14 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer bottom — 20"
    2. Drawer bottom — 20"
    3. Drawer bottom — 20"
    4. Drawer bottom — 20"

  3. Board 3 · 14 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer bottom — 20"
    2. Drawer bottom — 20"
    3. Drawer bottom — 20"
    4. Drawer bottom — 20"

  4. Board 4 · 14 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer bottom — 20"
    2. Drawer bottom — 20"
    3. Drawer bottom — 20"
    4. Drawer bottom — 20"

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.