2x4 Truss Table — board plan

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

Buy 13 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6, 8 ft

7 boards · 38.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 11 3/8" left over
83 1/2"
1. Tabletop planks — 83 1/2"
Board 2 · 11 3/8" left over
83 1/2"
1. Tabletop planks — 83 1/2"
Board 3 · 11 3/8" left over
83 1/2"
1. Tabletop planks — 83 1/2"
Board 4 · 11 3/8" left over
83 1/2"
1. Tabletop planks — 83 1/2"
Board 5 · 11 3/8" left over
83 1/2"
1. Tabletop planks — 83 1/2"
Board 6 · 11 3/8" left over
83 1/2"
1. Tabletop planks — 83 1/2"
Board 7 · 11 3/8" left over
83 1/2"
1. Tabletop planks — 83 1/2"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft

5 boards · 15.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Truss center beam — 72"
Board 2 · 17 3/4" left over
38 1/2"38 1/2"
1. Main legs — 38 1/2"
2. Main legs — 38 1/2"
Board 3 · 5 5/8" left over
29 7/8"29 7/8"29 1/4"
1. Truss braces — 29 7/8"
2. Truss braces — 29 7/8"
3. Leg cross braces — 29 1/4"
Board 4 · 9 3/8" left over
29 1/4"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2, 8 ft

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 17 3/4" left over
38 1/2"38 1/2"
1. Tabletop breadboard supports — 38 1/2"
2. Tabletop breadboard supports — 38 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.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6, 8 ft

Board 1 · 11 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 11 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 11 3/8" left over

Board 4 · 11 3/8" left over

Board 5 · 11 3/8" left over

Board 6 · 11 3/8" left over

Board 7 · 11 3/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 17 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 5 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 9 3/8" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2, 8 ft

Board 1 · 17 3/4" left over

Board 5 · 38 3/4" left over