Box Frame Rectangle Side Table — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

3 boards · 4.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8" left over
25"25"25"11 1/2"
1. Frame long rails — 25"
2. Frame long rails — 25"
3. Frame long rails — 25"
4. Frame cross rails — 11 1/2"
Board 2 · 5 3/4" left over
25"21 1/4"21 1/4"21 1/4"
1. Frame long rails — 25"
2. Legs — 21 1/4"
3. Legs — 21 1/4"
4. Legs — 21 1/4"
Board 3 · 27 1/8" left over
21 1/4"11 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Legs — 21 1/4"
2. Frame cross rails — 11 1/2"
3. Frame cross rails — 11 1/2"
4. Frame cross rails — 11 1/2"
5. Frame cross rails — 11 1/2"

3/4" × 7 1/4" — Pine 1x8

1 board · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 38 3/4" left over
28"28"
1. Tabletop boards — 28"
2. Tabletop boards — 28"

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" — Pine 2x2

Board 1 · 8" left over

Board 2 · 5 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 27 1/8" left over

3/4" × 7 1/4" — Pine 1x8

Board 1 · 38 3/4" left over