Chunky Console Table Desk with Flip-Down Keyboard Tray — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

3 boards · 15.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/4" left over
48"46 1/2"
1. Top — 48"
2. Shelf — 46 1/2"
Board 2 · 3 3/8" left over
29 1/4"29 1/4"24 1/2"4"4"
1. Outer legs — 29 1/4"
2. Outer legs — 29 1/4"
3. Inner legs — 24 1/2"
4. Dividers — 4"
5. Dividers — 4"
Board 3 · 53 7/8" left over
24 1/2"4"4"4"4"
1. Inner legs — 24 1/2"
2. Dividers — 4"
3. Dividers — 4"
4. Dividers — 4"
5. Dividers — 4"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

2 boards · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 23" left over
48"23 3/4"
1. Keyboard fold-down — 48"
2. Storage leg doors — 23 3/4"
Board 2 · 71 1/8" left over
23 3/4"
1. Storage leg doors — 23 3/4"

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" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

Board 1 · 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 3 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 53 7/8" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 23" left over

Board 2 · 71 1/8" left over