54" Bench with Cross Bracing — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

1 board · 3.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 57% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 40 7/8" left over
54"
1. Top — 54"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

4 boards · 4.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over
45"45"
1. Aprons and stretcher — 45"
2. Aprons and stretcher — 45"
Board 2 · 6 5/8" left over
45"25 3/4"17 1/4"
1. Aprons and stretcher — 45"
2. Cross supports — 25 3/4"
3. Leg pieces (notched) — 17 1/4"
Board 3 · 5 3/8" left over
25 3/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"11 1/2"
1. Cross supports — 25 3/4"
2. Leg pieces (notched) — 17 1/4"
3. Leg pieces (notched) — 17 1/4"
4. Leg pieces (notched) — 17 1/4"
5. End aprons / side stretchers — 11 1/2"
Board 4 · 60 1/8" left over
11 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"
1. End aprons / side stretchers — 11 1/2"
2. End aprons / side stretchers — 11 1/2"
3. End aprons / side stretchers — 11 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 73% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 25 1/2" left over
17 1/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"
1. Leg completion pieces — 17 1/4"
2. Leg completion pieces — 17 1/4"
3. Leg completion pieces — 17 1/4"
4. Leg completion pieces — 17 1/4"

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" — 1x12

Board 1 · 40 7/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 6 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 5 3/8" left over

Board 4 · 60 1/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 25 1/2" left over