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Charging Station — board plan

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

Buy 2 boards at 8 ft.

1/2" × 1"

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 8 1/4" left over

    1. Long Strip — 10"
    2. Long Strip — 10"
    3. Long Strip — 10"
    4. Long Strip — 10"
    5. Short Strip — 5"
    6. Short Strip — 5"
    7. Short Strip — 5"
    8. Short Strip — 5"
    9. Short Strip — 5"
    10. Tray Base — 4"
    11. Tray Base — 4"
    12. Filler Strip — 1"
    13. Filler Strip — 1"
    14. Filler Strip — 1"
    15. Filler Strip — 1"
    16. Filler Strip — 1"
    17. Filler Strip — 1"
    18. Filler Strip — 1"
    19. Foot — 1"
    20. Foot — 1"
    21. Foot — 1"
    22. Foot — 1"

1/2" × 1/2"

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 14% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 82 5/8" left over

    1. Tablet Base — 10"
    2. Phone Base — 1"
    3. Phone Base — 1"

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.