Cedar Fence Picket Sandbox — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

1 board · 3.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 94% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6" left over
11"11"11"11"11"11"11"11"
1. Spines — 11"
2. Spines — 11"
3. Spines — 11"
4. Spines — 11"
5. Spines — 11"
6. Spines — 11"
7. Spines — 11"
8. Spines — 11"

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

10 boards · 19.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 75% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 23 7/8" left over
71"
1. Top and side pickets — 71"
Board 2 · 23 7/8" left over
71"
1. Top and side pickets — 71"
Board 3 · 23 7/8" left over
71"
1. Top and side pickets — 71"
Board 4 · 23 7/8" left over
71"
1. Top and side pickets — 71"
Board 5 · 23 7/8" left over
71"
1. Top and side pickets — 71"

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.

Cedar Fence Picket Sandbox — board plan

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 6" left over

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

Board 1 · 23 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 23 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 23 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 23 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 23 7/8" left over

Board 6 · 23 7/8" left over

Board 7 · 23 7/8" left over

Board 8 · 23 7/8" left over

Board 9 · 23 7/8" left over

Board 10 · 23 7/8" left over