Child's Airplane Swing — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

1 board · 2.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 42 3/8" left over
36"8 1/8"8 1/8"
1. Body center — 36"
2. Wing spacer boards — 8 1/8"
3. Wing spacer boards — 8 1/8"

3/4" × 7 1/4" — Pine 1x8

1 board · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 3/4" left over
36"36"
1. Body sides — 36"
2. Body sides — 36"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

2 boards · 3.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 59% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 1/8" left over
30 1/2"30"30"
1. Seat — 30 1/2"
2. Wings — 30"
3. Wings — 30"
Board 2 · 74 3/4" left over
12"8"
1. Tail body — 12"
2. Handle bar — 8"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x8

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 6% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 89 7/8" left over
5"
1. Tail fin — 5"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x8 scrap

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 7% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 88 7/8" left over
6"
1. Propeller — 6"

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 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

Board 1 · 42 3/8" left over

3/4" × 7 1/4" — Pine 1x8

Board 1 · 22 3/4" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

Board 1 · 4 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 74 3/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x8

Board 1 · 89 7/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x8 scrap

Board 1 · 88 7/8" left over