Bathroom Tall Boy Cabinet — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 15 1/4" — 3/4" plywood, ripped to 15-1/4" strips, full sheet

4 boards · 25.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 73% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 27 3/4" left over
33 1/2"33 1/2"
1. Carcass sides — 33 1/2"
2. Carcass sides — 33 1/2"
Board 2 · 27 3/4" left over
33 1/2"33 1/2"
1. Carcass sides — 33 1/2"
2. Carcass sides — 33 1/2"
Board 3 · 9 1/8" left over
28 1/2"28 1/2"28 1/2"
1. Carcass tops, bottoms, and shelf — 28 1/2"
2. Carcass tops, bottoms, and shelf — 28 1/2"
3. Carcass tops, bottoms, and shelf — 28 1/2"
Board 4 · 37 3/4" left over
28 1/2"28 1/2"
1. Carcass tops, bottoms, and shelf — 28 1/2"
2. Carcass tops, bottoms, and shelf — 28 1/2"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3, 8 ft

2 boards · 2.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 1/8" left over
28 1/2"28 1/2"28 1/2"
1. Bay supports — 28 1/2"
2. Bay supports — 28 1/2"
3. Bay supports — 28 1/2"
Board 2 · 37 3/4" left over
28 1/2"28 1/2"
1. Bay supports — 28 1/2"
2. Bay supports — 28 1/2"

1/4" × 30" — 1/4" underlayment or hardwood plywood, full sheet

1 board · 4.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 26 7/8" left over
68"
1. Back panel — 68"

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" × 15 1/4" — 3/4" plywood, ripped to 15-1/4" strips, full sheet

Board 1 · 27 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 27 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 9 1/8" left over

Board 4 · 37 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3, 8 ft

Board 1 · 9 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 37 3/4" left over

1/4" × 30" — 1/4" underlayment or hardwood plywood, full sheet

Board 1 · 26 7/8" left over