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Coffee Table With Storage — board plan

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

Buy 19 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 5"

4 boards · 8.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 39 7/8" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 55"

  2. Board 2 · 39 7/8" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 55"

  3. Board 3 · 39 7/8" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 55"

  4. Board 4 · 39 7/8" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 55"

1" × 4"

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 39 7/8" left over

    1. Table Top Board — 55"

1" × 1"

2 boards · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. Stretchers — 22"
    2. Stretchers — 22"
    3. Stretchers — 22"
    4. Stretchers — 22"

  2. Board 2 · 26 1/2" left over

    1. Legs — 17"
    2. Legs — 17"
    3. Legs — 17"
    4. Legs — 17"

3/4" × 7"

2 boards · 4.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Front — 24"
    2. Drawer Front — 24"
    3. Back Panel — 24"
    4. Plywood Divider — 22"

  2. Board 2 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Back Panel — 24"

3/4" × 5"

6 boards · 14.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf Boards — 50"
    2. Plywood Drawer Front/Back — 22"
    3. Plywood Drawer Front/Back — 22"

  2. Board 2 · 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf Boards — 50"
    2. Plywood Drawer Front/Back — 22"
    3. Plywood Drawer Front/Back — 22"

  3. Board 3 · 8 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf Boards — 50"
    2. Plywood Drawer Side — 18"
    3. Plywood Drawer Side — 18"

  4. Board 4 · 8 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf Boards — 50"
    2. Plywood Drawer Side — 18"
    3. Plywood Drawer Side — 18"

  5. Board 5 · 5 1/2" left over

    1. Shelf Boards — 50"
    2. Side Panel Pieces — 13"
    3. Side Panel Pieces — 13"
    4. Side Panel Pieces — 13"

  6. Board 6 · 55 5/8" left over

    1. Side Panel Pieces — 13"
    2. Side Panel Pieces — 13"
    3. Side Panel Pieces — 13"

3/4" × 3"

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 42 1/2" left over

    1. Side Panel Pieces — 13"
    2. Side Panel Pieces — 13"
    3. Side Panel Pieces — 13"
    4. Side Panel Pieces — 13"

3/4" × 1"

2 boards · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 61% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 30 5/8" left over

    1. Bottom Apron — 50"
    2. Vertical Supports — 7"
    3. Vertical Supports — 7"

  2. Board 2 · 44 7/8" left over

    1. Bottom Apron — 50"

1/4" × 18"

1 board · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 49% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 48 3/4" left over

    1. Plywood Drawer Bottom — 23"
    2. Plywood Drawer Bottom — 23"

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.