Becca Wood Trunk — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 33 7/8" left over
20 1/4"20 1/4"20 1/4"
1. Base runners — 20 1/4"
2. Base runners — 20 1/4"
3. Base runners — 20 1/4"

3/4" × 15 3/4" — 3/4" plywood

2 boards · 10.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over
36"36"18 3/4"
1. Box front/back — 36"
2. Box front/back — 36"
3. Box ends — 18 3/4"
Board 2 · 76 1/8" left over
18 3/4"
1. Box ends — 18 3/4"

3/4" × 10 1/4" — 3/4" plywood

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 23% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 74 1/4" left over
10 1/4"10 1/4"
1. Lid corner blocks — 10 1/4"
2. Lid corner blocks — 10 1/4"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

2 boards · 3.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 0" left over
37"37"10 1/4"10 1/4"
1. Top boards, long — 37"
2. Top boards, long — 37"
3. Top boards, cross — 10 1/4"
4. Top boards, cross — 10 1/4"
Board 2 · 84 5/8" left over
10 1/4"
1. Top boards, cross — 10 1/4"

1/2" × 3 1/4" — Base moulding

3 boards · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 3/8" left over
36"36"20 1/4"
1. Base moulding, long sides — 36"
2. Base moulding, long sides — 36"
3. Base moulding, short sides — 20 1/4"
Board 2 · 2 3/8" left over
36"36"20 1/4"
1. Base moulding, long sides — 36"
2. Base moulding, long sides — 36"
3. Base moulding, short sides — 20 1/4"
Board 3 · 54 1/4" left over
20 1/4"

1/4" × 20 1/4" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over
36"
1. Bottom panel — 36"

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" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 33 7/8" left over

3/4" × 15 3/4" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 76 1/8" left over

3/4" × 10 1/4" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 74 1/4" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 0" left over

Board 2 · 84 5/8" left over

1/2" × 3 1/4" — Base moulding

Board 1 · 2 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 2 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 54 1/4" left over

1/4" × 20 1/4" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over