Christmas Tree Tray — board plan

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

Buy 2 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 23 3/8" left over
13 7/8"12"12"6 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"2"2"
1. Bottom row piece — 13 7/8"
2. Top pieces — 12"
3. Top pieces — 12"
4. Base piece — 6 1/2"
5. Row pieces — 5 1/2"
6. Row pieces — 5 1/2"
7. Row pieces — 5 1/2"
8. Row pieces — 5 1/2"
9. Base end pieces — 2"
10. Base end pieces — 2"

1/4" × 16" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over
24"
1. Backer — 24"

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" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 23 3/8" left over

1/4" × 16" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over