Angled Base Dining Table — board plan

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

Buy 17 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5"

8 boards · 17.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Long Tops — 72"
Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Long Tops — 72"
Board 3 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Long Tops — 72"
Board 4 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Long Tops — 72"
Board 5 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Long Tops — 72"
Board 6 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Long Tops — 72"
Board 7 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Long Tops — 72"
Board 8 · 18 3/4" left over
38"38"
1. Top Ends — 38"
2. Top Ends — 38"

3/4" × 3"

6 boards · 8.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 13 3/4" left over
52"29"
1. Base Spreader — 52"
2. Straight Legs — 29"
Board 2 · 13 3/4" left over
52"29"
1. Base Spreader — 52"
2. Straight Legs — 29"
Board 3 · 7 5/8" left over
29"29"29"
1. Straight Legs — 29"
2. Straight Legs — 29"
3. Straight Legs — 29"
Board 4 · 7 5/8" left over

3/4" × 1"

3 boards · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 19 7/8" left over
75"
1. Long Lips — 75"
Board 2 · 19 7/8" left over
75"
1. Long Lips — 75"
Board 3 · 20 3/4" left over
37"37"
1. Short Lips — 37"
2. Short Lips — 37"

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 Base Dining Table — board plan

3/4" × 5"

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 6 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 7 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 8 · 18 3/4" left over

3/4" × 3"

Board 1 · 13 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 13 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 7 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 7 5/8" left over

3/4" × 1"

Board 1 · 19 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 19 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 20 3/4" left over

Board 5 · 4 3/8" left over

Board 6 · 40 5/8" left over