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3 Drawer Nightstand — board plan

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

Buy 13 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

2 boards · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Legs — 29"
    2. Legs — 29"
    3. Legs — 29"

  2. Board 2 · 15 5/8" left over

    1. Legs — 29"
    2. Cross supports — 25"
    3. Cross supports — 25"

3/4" × 20"

1 board · 3.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 32% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 64 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 30"

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 4.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 47% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 50 3/4" left over

    1. Side panels — 22"
    2. Side panels — 22"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 19 5/8" left over

    1. Large drawer fronts — 25"
    2. Large drawer fronts — 25"
    3. Small drawer front — 25"

3/4" × 5"

2 boards · 4.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. Large drawer long sides — 22"
    2. Large drawer long sides — 22"
    3. Large drawer long sides — 22"
    4. Large drawer long sides — 22"

  2. Board 2 · 30 1/2" left over

    1. Large drawer short sides — 16"
    2. Large drawer short sides — 16"
    3. Large drawer short sides — 16"
    4. Large drawer short sides — 16"

3/4" × 1"

4 boards · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 1/2" left over

    1. Cross supports — 25"
    2. Cross supports — 25"
    3. Cross supports — 25"
    4. Small drawer short sides — 16"

  2. Board 2 · 9 1/2" left over

    1. Cross supports — 25"
    2. Small drawer long sides — 22"
    3. Small drawer long sides — 22"
    4. Small drawer short sides — 16"

  3. Board 3 · 14 3/8" left over

    1. Drawer glide supports — 16"
    2. Drawer glide supports — 16"
    3. Drawer glide supports — 16"
    4. Drawer glide supports — 16"
    5. Drawer glide supports — 16"

  4. Board 4 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer glide supports — 16"

1/4" × 22"

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 27% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 69 7/8" left over

    1. Backing — 25"

1/4" × 16"

1 board · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 22 5/8" left over

    1. Drawer bottoms — 24"
    2. Drawer bottoms — 24"
    3. Drawer bottoms — 24"

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.