Art Cart Underbed — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5" — Pine scrap

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 22% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 74 1/2" left over
5"5"5"5"
1. Wheels — 5"
2. Wheels — 5"
3. Wheels — 5"
4. Wheels — 5"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 58 3/4" left over
18"18"
1. Outer frame — 18"
2. Outer frame — 18"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

2 boards · 2.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 1/2" left over
24 1/2"24 1/2"23"18"
1. Divider frame pieces, long — 24 1/2"
2. Divider frame pieces, long — 24 1/2"
3. Divider frame piece — 23"
4. Divider frame pieces — 18"
Board 2 · 34 1/2" left over
18"16 1/2"16 1/2"9"
1. Divider frame pieces — 18"
2. Divider frame pieces, medium — 16 1/2"
3. Divider frame pieces, medium — 16 1/2"
4. Divider frame piece, small —

1/2" × 18" — Plywood

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 27% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 70 3/8" left over
24 1/2"
1. Bottom — 24 1/2"

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" × 5" — Pine scrap

Board 1 · 74 1/2" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 58 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 4 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 34 1/2" left over

1/2" × 18" — Plywood

Board 1 · 70 3/8" left over