Christmas Card Tree — board plan

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

Buy 2 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 73% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 26 3/8" left over
48"6"6"4"4"
1. Trunk — 48"
2. Base sides — 6"
3. Base sides — 6"
4. Base front/back — 4"
5. Base front/back — 4"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 10" left over
15"15"12"12"9"9"6"6"
1. Large limbs — 15"
2. Large limbs — 15"
3. Medium-large limbs — 12"
4. Medium-large limbs — 12"
5. Medium limbs — 9"
6. Medium limbs — 9"
7. Small limbs — 6"
8. Small limbs — 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"

Board 1 · 26 3/8" left over

3/4" × 1"

Board 1 · 10" left over