Narrow Nightstand with Drawer — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 20" — 3/4" plywood

1 board · 7.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 66% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 32 5/8" left over
23 1/4"23 1/4"15 1/2"
1. Carcass sides — 23 1/4"
2. Carcass sides — 23 1/4"
3. Bottom shelf — 15 1/2"

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8

1 board · 3.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 74% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 25 1/4" left over
18 1/2"18 1/2"18 1/2"13 3/4"
1. Tabletop boards — 18 1/2"
2. Tabletop boards — 18 1/2"
3. Tabletop boards — 18 1/2"
4. Drawer face — 13 3/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 35 1/2" left over
18"18"11 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Drawer box sides — 18"
2. Drawer box sides — 18"
3. Drawer box front/back — 11 1/2"
4. Drawer box front/back — 11 1/2"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 16 1/2" left over
22"22"18 1/2"15 1/2"
1. Base trim sides — 22"
2. Base trim sides — 22"
3. Base trim front — 18 1/2"
4. Back support — 15 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

2 boards · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 66% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5 7/8" left over
23 1/4"23 1/4"14"14"14"
1. Face frame stiles — 23 1/4"
2. Face frame stiles — 23 1/4"
3. Face frame rails — 14"
4. Face frame rails — 14"
5. Face frame rails — 14"
Board 2 · 58 1/2" left over
9"9"9"9"
1. Drawer slide cleats — 9"
2. Drawer slide cleats — 9"
3. Drawer slide cleats —

1/4" × 18" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 15% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 81 7/8" left over
13"
1. Drawer bottom — 13"

1/4" × 17" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 71 5/8" left over
23 1/4"
1. Back panel — 23 1/4"

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.

3/4" × 20" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 32 5/8" left over

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8

Board 1 · 25 1/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 35 1/2" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 16 1/2" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 5 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 58 1/2" left over

1/4" × 18" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 81 7/8" left over

1/4" × 17" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 71 5/8" left over