5-in-1 Kids Art Station — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

4 boards · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Legs — 48"
Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Legs — 48"
Board 3 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Legs — 48"
Board 4 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Legs — 48"

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 2.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 24% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 72 7/8" left over
22"
1. Bottom shelf — 22"

3/4" × 3 1/2"

2 boards · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 3/8" left over
22"19"19"19"13"
1. Art shelf — 22"
2. Long aprons — 19"
3. Long aprons — 19"
4. Long aprons — 19"
5. Short Aprons — 13"
Board 2 · 36 1/2" left over
19"13"13"13"
1. Long aprons — 19"
2. Short Aprons — 13"
3. Short Aprons — 13"
4. Short Aprons — 13"

3/4" × 1 1/2"

2 boards · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over
29"29"22"13"
1. Chicken wire frame support — 29"
2. Chicken wire frame support — 29"
3. Art paper roll edge — 22"
4. Shelf short apron — 13"
Board 2 · 21 1/2" left over
22"19"19"13"
1. Art shelf lip — 22"
2. Shelf long apron — 19"
3. Shelf long apron — 19"
4. Shelf short apron — 13"

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"

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 46 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 46 7/8" left over

3/4" × 16"

Board 1 · 72 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2"

Board 1 · 2 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 36 1/2" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2"

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 21 1/2" left over