Brookstone Queen Headboard — board plan

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

Buy 14 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

9 boards · 16.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 11 1/4" left over
45"38 1/2"
1. Header — 45"
2. Front trim — 38 1/2"
Board 2 · 19 1/2" left over
38 1/2"36 3/4"
1. Front trim — 38 1/2"
2. Cross supports — 36 3/4"
Board 3 · 7/8" left over
36 3/4"31"26"
1. Cross supports — 36 3/4"
2. Panel boards — 31"
3. Center trim — 26"
Board 4 · 1 5/8" left over
31"31"31"
1. Panel boards — 31"
2. Panel boards — 31"
3. Panel boards — 31"
Board 5 · 1 5/8" left over
31"31"31"
1. Panel boards — 31"
2. Panel boards — 31"
3. Panel boards — 31"
Board 6 · 1 5/8" left over
31"31"31"
1. Panel boards — 31"
2. Panel boards — 31"
3. Panel boards — 31"
Board 7 · 1 5/8" left over
31"31"31"
1. Panel boards — 31"
2. Panel boards — 31"
3. Panel boards — 31"
Board 8 · 1 5/8" left over
31"31"31"
1. Panel boards — 31"
2. Panel boards — 31"
3. Panel boards — 31"
Board 9 · 32 3/4" left over
31"31"
1. Panel boards — 31"
2. Panel boards — 31"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

3 boards · 3.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/4" left over
49 1/2"44"
1. Front legs — 49 1/2"
2. Top trim — 44"
Board 2 · 6 3/4" left over
49 1/2"38 1/2"
1. Front legs — 49 1/2"
2. Back supports — 38 1/2"
Board 3 · 56 3/8" left over
38 1/2"
1. Back supports — 38 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

2 boards · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 53% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 45 3/8" left over
49 1/2"
1. Side legs — 49 1/2"
Board 2 · 45 3/8" left over
49 1/2"
1. Side legs — 49 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.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 11 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 19 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 5 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 6 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 7 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 8 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 9 · 32 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 1 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 6 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 56 3/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 45 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 45 3/8" left over