1x12 Bookcase with Wainscoting Back — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine

3 boards · 12.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 10 1/4" left over
44 1/2"40"
1. Front tabletop — 44 1/2"
2. Shelves — 40"
Board 2 · 22 1/4" left over
40"32 1/2"
1. Shelves — 40"
2. Sides — 32 1/2"
Board 3 · 62 3/8" left over
32 1/2"
1. Sides — 32 1/2"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 30 1/8" left over
41 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Front footer — 41 1/2"
2. Side footers — 11 1/2"
3. Side footers — 11 1/2"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 43% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 54 7/8" left over
40"
1. Front top trim — 40"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 10 1/4" left over
44 1/2"40"
1. Back tabletop trim — 44 1/2"
2. Footer support — 40"

1/4" × 41 1/2" — Beadboard

1 board · 2.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 62 3/8" left over
32 1/2"
1. Beadboard back — 32 1/2"

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.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine

Board 1 · 10 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 22 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 62 3/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 30 1/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 54 7/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 10 1/4" left over

1/4" × 41 1/2" — Beadboard

Board 1 · 62 3/8" left over