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Closet Organizer with Drawers — board plan

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

Buy 13 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 14"

2 boards · 10.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Cabinet sides — 44"
    2. Cabinet sides — 44"

  2. Board 2 · 54 3/4" left over

    1. Cabinet bottom/shelf — 20"
    2. Cabinet bottom/shelf — 20"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 43% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 54 3/4" left over

    1. Large drawer front — 20"
    2. Large drawer front — 20"

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 43% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 54 3/4" left over

    1. Small drawer front — 20"
    2. Small drawer front — 20"

3/4" × 3"

2 boards · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 3/8" left over

    1. Back support — 20"
    2. Back support — 20"
    3. Small drawer box front/back — 16"
    4. Small drawer box front/back — 16"
    5. Small drawer box front/back — 16"

  2. Board 2 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Small drawer box front/back — 16"

3/4" × 1"

3 boards · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Face frame stiles — 44"
    2. Face frame stiles — 44"

  2. Board 2 · 4 3/8" left over

    1. Face frame rails — 18"
    2. Face frame rails — 18"
    3. Face frame rails — 18"
    4. Face frame rails — 18"
    5. Face frame rails — 18"

  3. Board 3 · 76 7/8" left over

    1. Face frame rails — 18"

1/2" × 5"

2 boards · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 1/4" left over

    1. Large drawer box front/back — 16"
    2. Large drawer box front/back — 16"
    3. Large drawer box front/back — 16"
    4. Large drawer box front/back — 16"
    5. Large drawer box sides — 13"
    6. Large drawer box sides — 13"

  2. Board 2 · 68 3/4" left over

    1. Large drawer box sides — 13"
    2. Large drawer box sides — 13"

1/2" × 3"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 42 1/2" left over

    1. Small drawer box sides — 13"
    2. Small drawer box sides — 13"
    3. Small drawer box sides — 13"
    4. Small drawer box sides — 13"

1/4" × 13"

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 26 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer box bottoms — 17"
    2. Drawer box bottoms — 17"
    3. Drawer box bottoms — 17"
    4. Drawer box bottoms — 17"

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.