Benchright Industrial Farmhouse Bench — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

2 boards · 4.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 42 5/8" left over
52 1/4"
1. Aprons — 52 1/4"
Board 2 · 42 5/8" left over
52 1/4"
1. Aprons — 52 1/4"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

2 boards · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 30 7/8" left over
64"
1. Side rails — 64"
Board 2 · 30 7/8" left over
64"
1. Side rails — 64"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

3 boards · 5.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 61% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 37 7/8" left over
57"
1. Top boards — 57"
Board 2 · 37 7/8" left over
57"
1. Top boards — 57"
Board 3 · 37 7/8" left over
57"
1. Top boards — 57"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 34 1/2" left over
16 1/2"16 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"
1. Breadboard ends — 16 1/2"
2. Breadboard ends — 16 1/2"
3. End aprons — 13 1/2"
4. End aprons — 13 1/2"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

3 boards · 3.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7/8" left over
17 1/2"17 1/2"17 1/2"17 1/2"17 1/2"2 7/8"2 7/8"
1. Leg pieces (beveled) — 17 1/2"
2. Leg pieces (beveled) — 17 1/2"
3. Leg pieces (beveled) — 17 1/2"
4. Leg pieces (beveled) — 17 1/2"
5. Leg pieces (beveled) — 17 1/2"
6. Leg feet caps — 2 7/8"
7. Leg feet caps — 2 7/8"
Board 2 · 1 1/4" left over
17 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" — 2x4

Board 1 · 42 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 42 5/8" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 30 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 30 7/8" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 37 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 37 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 37 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 34 1/2" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 1 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 66 1/8" left over