Christmas Cookie Box or Serving Display — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 8% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 88 1/2" left over
1 1/2"1 1/2"1 1/2"1 1/2"
1. Feet — 1 1/2"
2. Feet — 1 1/2"
3. Feet — 1 1/2"
4. Feet — 1 1/2"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x4 or 1x6

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 17% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 79 7/8" left over
15"
1. Back board — 15"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 61% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 37 3/8" left over
15"10 1/2"10 1/2"10 1/2"10 1/2"
1. Frame end — 15"
2. Frame sides — 10 1/2"
3. Frame sides — 10 1/2"
4. Frame sides — 10 1/2"
5. Frame sides — 10 1/2"

1/4" × 12" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 17% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 79 7/8" left over
15"
1. Bottom — 15"

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" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 88 1/2" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x4 or 1x6

Board 1 · 79 7/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 37 3/8" left over

1/4" × 12" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 79 7/8" left over