1-Board Cedar Desktop Storage Cube — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1/2" × 5 1/2" — Cedar

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 13% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 83 3/4" left over
5 1/2"5 1/2"
1. Box top and bottom — 5 1/2"
2. Box top and bottom — 5 1/2"

1/2" × 4 1/2" — Cedar

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 21% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 76" left over
5"4 1/2"4 1/2"4 1/2"
1. Interior shelf — 5"
2. Box sides and back — 4 1/2"
3. Box sides and back — 4 1/2"
4. Box sides and back — 4 1/2"

1/2" × 3 1/4" — Cedar

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 10% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 86 3/4" left over
4"4"
1. Drawer bottoms — 4"
2. Drawer bottoms — 4"

1/2" × 1 7/8" — Cedar

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 36% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 61" left over
4 1/4"4 1/4"4 1/4"4 1/4"4"4"4"4"
1. Drawer fronts and backs — 4 1/4"
2. Drawer fronts and backs — 4 1/4"
3. Drawer fronts and backs — 4 1/4"
4. Drawer fronts and backs — 4 1/4"
5. Drawer sides — 4"
6. Drawer sides — 4"
7. Drawer sides — 4"
8. Drawer sides — 4"

1/2" × 3/4" — Cedar

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

Board 1 · 91 3/4" left over
1 1/2"1 1/2"
1. Wood pulls — 1 1/2"
2. Wood pulls — 1 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.

1/2" × 5 1/2" — Cedar

Board 1 · 83 3/4" left over

1/2" × 4 1/2" — Cedar

Board 1 · 76" left over

1/2" × 3 1/4" — Cedar

Board 1 · 86 3/4" left over

1/2" × 1 7/8" — Cedar

Board 1 · 61" left over

1/2" × 3/4" — Cedar

Board 1 · 91 3/4" left over