1-Board Cedar Desk Accessory Set — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

1/2" × 3 1/2" — Cedar

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 24% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 73 3/8" left over
3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"1 5/8"1 5/8"
1. Pencil cup front/back — 3 1/2"
2. Pencil cup front/back — 3 1/2"
3. Mini crate ends — 3 1/2"
4. Mini crate ends — 3 1/2"
5. Mini crate ends — 3 1/2"
6. Pencil cup sides — 1 5/8"
7. Pencil cup sides — 1 5/8"

1/2" × 3" — Cedar

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 4% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 91 7/8" left over
3"
1. Paper clip tray bottom — 3"

1/2" × 2 5/8" — Cedar

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 5% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 91 3/8" left over
3 1/2"
1. Pencil cup bottom — 3 1/2"

1/2" × 2 1/4" — Cedar

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 5% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 90 7/8" left over
4"
1. Business card holder back — 4"

1/2" × 1 1/2" — Cedar

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 16% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 80 1/2" left over
4"4"3"3"
1. Paper clip tray front/back — 4"
2. Paper clip tray front/back — 4"
3. Paper clip tray sides — 3"
4. Paper clip tray sides — 3"

1/2" × 1 1/4" — Cedar

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 5% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 90 7/8" left over
4"
1. Business card holder front — 4"

1/2" × 1" — Cedar

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 34% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 63 1/8" left over
4 1/2"4 1/2"4 1/2"4 1/2"4 1/2"4 1/2"4"
1. Mini crate slats — 4 1/2"
2. Mini crate slats — 4 1/2"
3. Mini crate slats — 4 1/2"
4. Mini crate slats — 4 1/2"
5. Mini crate slats — 4 1/2"
6. Mini crate slats — 4 1/2"
7. Business card holder bottom — 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.

1/2" × 3 1/2" — Cedar

Board 1 · 73 3/8" left over

1/2" × 3" — Cedar

Board 1 · 91 7/8" left over

1/2" × 2 5/8" — Cedar

Board 1 · 91 3/8" left over

1/2" × 2 1/4" — Cedar

Board 1 · 90 7/8" left over

1/2" × 1 1/2" — Cedar

Board 1 · 80 1/2" left over

1/2" × 1 1/4" — Cedar

Board 1 · 90 7/8" left over

1/2" × 1" — Cedar

Board 1 · 63 1/8" left over