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A-frame Desk — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 2"

4 boards · 5.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 5/8" left over

    1. Back Bottom Support — 37"
    2. A-frame legs — 27"
    3. A-frame legs — 27"

  2. Board 2 · 3 1/2" left over

    1. A-frame legs — 27"
    2. A-frame legs — 27"
    3. A-frame legs — 27"
    4. A-frame bottom rail — 10"

  3. Board 3 · 3 3/8" left over

    1. A-frame legs — 27"
    2. Shelf Supports — 16"
    3. Shelf Supports — 16"
    4. Shelf Supports — 16"
    5. Shelf Supports — 16"

  4. Board 4 · 35" left over

    1. A-frame bottom rail — 10"
    2. A-frame bottom rail — 10"
    3. A-frame middle rail — 7"
    4. A-frame middle rail — 7"
    5. A-frame middle rail — 7"
    6. A-frame top rail — 6"
    7. A-frame top rail — 6"
    8. A-frame top rail — 6"

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 5.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 34 7/8" left over

    1. Plywood Desk Top — 60"

3/4" × 12"

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 18% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Plywood Bottom Shelf — 16"

3/4" × 10"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 18% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Plywood Top Shelf — 16"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 5 1/2" left over

    1. Top frame stiles — 59"
    2. Top frame rails — 10"
    3. Top frame rails — 10"
    4. Top frame rails — 10"

  2. Board 2 · 25 3/4" left over

    1. Top frame stiles — 59"
    2. Top frame rails — 10"

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.