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Classic 3 Drawer Nightstand — board plan

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

Buy 14 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

2 boards · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 13 5/8" left over

    1. Leg — 27"
    2. Leg — 27"
    3. Leg — 27"

  2. Board 2 · 20 1/2" left over

    1. Leg — 27"
    2. Front bottom rail — 19"
    3. Side rail — 14"
    4. Side rail — 14"

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 23% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 73 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 21"

3/4" × 14"

2 boards · 9.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 12 1/2" left over

    1. Side panel — 23"
    2. Side panel — 23"
    3. Bottom — 19"
    4. Drawer bottom — 17"

  2. Board 2 · 60 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer bottom — 17"
    2. Drawer bottom — 17"

3/4" × 5"

3 boards · 5.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 70% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 9 3/8" left over

    1. Drawer B/F — 17"
    2. Drawer B/F — 17"
    3. Drawer B/F — 17"
    4. Drawer B/F — 17"
    5. Drawer B/F — 17"

  2. Board 2 · 13 3/8" left over

    1. Drawer B/F — 17"
    2. Drawer sides — 16"
    3. Drawer sides — 16"
    4. Drawer sides — 16"
    5. Drawer sides — 16"

  3. Board 3 · 62 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 16"
    2. Drawer sides — 16"

3/4" × 1"

4 boards · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1" left over

    1. Top front — 24"
    2. Front rail — 19"
    3. Front rail — 19"
    4. Front rail — 19"
    5. Drawer front stile — 3"
    6. Drawer front stile — 3"
    7. Drawer front stile — 3"
    8. Drawer front stile — 3"

  2. Board 2 · 3/8" left over

    1. Drawer front rail — 19"
    2. Drawer front rail — 19"
    3. Drawer front rail — 19"
    4. Drawer front rail — 19"
    5. Top side — 18"

  3. Board 3 · 3/8" left over

    1. Drawer front rail — 19"
    2. Drawer front rail — 19"
    3. Back rail — 19"
    4. Back rail — 19"
    5. Top side — 18"

  4. Board 4 · 88 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer front stile — 3"
    2. Drawer front stile — 3"

1/2" × 3"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 5/8" left over

    1. Drawer front plywood — 16"
    2. Drawer front plywood — 16"
    3. Drawer front plywood — 16"

1/4" × 19"

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Back — 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.