Benchright Round End Table — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 2 1/2" — Pine 2x3

1 board · 2.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 98% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over
23 1/4"23 1/4"23 1/4"23 1/4"
1. Legs — 23 1/4"
2. Legs — 23 1/4"
3. Legs — 23 1/4"
4. Legs — 23 1/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

2 boards · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 1/8" left over
24"23 1/2"23 1/2"21 3/8"
1. Tabletop board — 24"
2. Tabletop boards, medium — 23 1/2"
3. Tabletop boards, medium — 23 1/2"
4. Tabletop boards, shorter — 21 3/8"
Board 2 · 40 3/4" left over
21 3/8"16 1/4"16 1/4"
1. Tabletop boards, shorter — 21 3/8"
2. Tabletop boards, shortest — 16 1/4"
3. Tabletop boards, shortest — 16 1/4"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

3 boards · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 1/4" left over
15"15"15"15"15"15"
1. Bottom shelf boards — 15"
2. Bottom shelf boards — 15"
3. Bottom shelf boards — 15"
4. Bottom shelf boards — 15"
5. Bottom shelf boards — 15"
6. Bottom shelf boards — 15"
Board 2 · 3 1/8" left over
13"13"13"

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" × 2 1/2" — Pine 2x3

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

Board 1 · 2 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 40 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

Board 1 · 4 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 3 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 81 7/8" left over