Angled-Leg Sawhorses for Desks — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

4 boards · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 1/8" left over
25 7/8"25 7/8"25 7/8"12 3/4"
1. Leg pieces — 25 7/8"
2. Leg pieces — 25 7/8"
3. Leg pieces — 25 7/8"
4. Top pieces — 12 3/4"
Board 2 · 4 1/8" left over
25 7/8"25 7/8"25 7/8"12 3/4"
1. Leg pieces — 25 7/8"
2. Leg pieces — 25 7/8"
3. Leg pieces — 25 7/8"
4. Top pieces — 12 3/4"
Board 3 · 5 1/8" left over
25 7/8"25 7/8"12 3/4"12 3/4"12"
1. Leg pieces — 25 7/8"
2. Leg pieces — 25 7/8"
3. Top pieces — 12 3/4"
4. Top pieces — 12 3/4"
5. Cross braces — 12"
Board 4 · 58 5/8" left over
12"12"12"
1. Cross braces — 12"
2. Cross braces — 12"
3. Cross braces — 12"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

5 boards · 5.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over
23"23"23"23"
1. End caps — 23"
2. End caps — 23"
3. End caps — 23"
4. End caps — 23"
Board 2 · 2 1/2" left over
21 1/2"21 1/2"21 1/2"21 1/2"5 7/8"
1. Shelf boards — 21 1/2"
2. Shelf boards — 21 1/2"
3. Shelf boards — 21 1/2"
4. Shelf boards — 21 1/2"
5. Top gussets — 5 7/8"

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.

Angled-Leg Sawhorses for Desks — board plan

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

Board 1 · 4 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 4 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 5 1/8" left over

Board 4 · 58 5/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 2 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 2 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 2 1/4" left over

Board 5 · 88 3/4" left over