Basketball Hoop Trash Can — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine, 2x4

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 71 5/8" left over
23 1/4"
1. Upright post — 23 1/4"

3/4" × 13" — Plywood or project panel

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 17% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 79 3/8" left over
15 1/2"
1. Base — 15 1/2"

3/4" × 9 1/4" — Pine, 1x10 or plywood

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 17% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 79 3/8" left over
15 1/2"
1. Backboard — 15 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.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine, 2x4

Board 1 · 71 5/8" left over

3/4" × 13" — Plywood or project panel

Board 1 · 79 3/8" left over

3/4" × 9 1/4" — Pine, 1x10 or plywood

Board 1 · 79 3/8" left over