Bench with Shelf and Scrap Wood Top — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

1 board · 5.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 17" left over
21 1/2"21 1/2"17 1/4"17 1/4"
1. Lower shelf / seat support — 21 1/2"
2. Lower shelf / seat support — 21 1/2"
3. Legs — 17 1/4"
4. Legs — 17 1/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

3 boards · 3.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6" left over
30"30"14 1/4"14 1/4"
1. Side aprons — 30"
2. Side aprons — 30"
3. Top slats — 14 1/4"
4. Top slats — 14 1/4"
Board 2 · 8 3/4" left over
14 1/4"14 1/4"14 1/4"14 1/4"14 1/4"14 1/4"
1. Top slats — 14 1/4"
2. Top slats — 14 1/4"
3. Top slats — 14 1/4"

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" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

Board 1 · 17" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 6" left over

Board 2 · 8 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 80 5/8" left over