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Compact Picnic Table and Stools — board plan

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

Buy 17 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 5"

6 boards · 19.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 5/8" left over

    1. Table Outer Slat — 34"
    2. Table Outer Slat — 34"
    3. Table Middle Slat — 22"

  2. Board 2 · 4 5/8" left over

    1. Table Outer Slat — 34"
    2. Table Outer Slat — 34"
    3. Table Middle Slat — 22"

  3. Board 3 · 3 3/8" left over

    1. Table Middle Slat — 22"
    2. Table Middle Slat — 22"
    3. Stool Slat — 18"
    4. Stool Slat — 18"
    5. Table Inner Slat — 11"

  4. Board 4 · 4 3/8" left over

    1. Stool Slat — 18"
    2. Stool Slat — 18"
    3. Stool Slat — 18"
    4. Stool Slat — 18"
    5. Stool Slat — 18"

  5. Board 5 · 4 3/8" left over

    1. Stool Slat — 18"
    2. Stool Slat — 18"
    3. Stool Slat — 18"
    4. Stool Slat — 18"
    5. Stool Slat — 18"

  6. Board 6 · 61 5/8" left over

    1. Table Inner Slat — 11"
    2. Table Inner Slat — 11"
    3. Table Inner Slat — 11"

1" × 3"

11 boards · 23.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 94% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over

    1. Table Rail — 51"
    2. Table Runner — 40"

  2. Board 2 · 1/2" left over

    1. Table Angled Upright — 25"
    2. Table Angled Upright — 25"
    3. Table Angled Upright — 25"
    4. Table Half Runner — 19"

  3. Board 3 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Table Angled Upright — 25"
    2. Table Half Rail — 24"
    3. Table Half Rail — 24"
    4. Table Half Runner — 19"

  4. Board 4 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. Table Upright — 22"
    2. Table Upright — 22"
    3. Table Upright — 22"
    4. Table Upright — 22"

  5. Board 5 · 6 3/8" left over

    1. Stool Runner — 18"
    2. Stool Runner — 18"
    3. Stool Runner — 18"
    4. Stool Runner — 18"
    5. Stool Rail — 16"

  6. Board 6 · 6 1/8" left over

    1. Stool Rail — 16"
    2. Stool Rail — 16"
    3. Stool Rail — 16"
    4. Stool Upright — 10"
    5. Stool Upright — 10"
    6. Stool Upright — 10"
    7. Stool Upright — 10"

  7. Board 7 · 3 7/8" left over

    1. Stool Upright — 10"
    2. Stool Upright — 10"
    3. Stool Upright — 10"
    4. Stool Upright — 10"
    5. Stool Upright — 10"
    6. Stool Upright — 10"
    7. Stool Upright — 10"
    8. Stool Upright — 10"
    9. Stool Upright — 10"

  8. Board 8 · 3 7/8" left over

    1. Stool Upright — 10"
    2. Stool Upright — 10"
    3. Stool Upright — 10"
    4. Stool Brace — 10"
    5. Stool Brace — 10"
    6. Stool Brace — 10"
    7. Stool Brace — 10"
    8. Stool Brace — 10"
    9. Stool Brace — 10"

  9. Board 9 · 3 7/8" left over

    1. Stool Brace — 10"
    2. Stool Brace — 10"
    3. Stool Brace — 10"
    4. Stool Brace — 10"
    5. Stool Brace — 10"
    6. Stool Brace — 10"
    7. Stool Brace — 10"
    8. Stool Brace — 10"
    9. Stool Brace — 10"

  10. Board 10 · 3 5/8" left over

    1. Stool Brace — 10"
    2. Table Brace — 8"
    3. Table Brace — 8"
    4. Table Brace — 8"
    5. Table Brace — 8"
    6. Stool Half Runner — 8"
    7. Stool Half Runner — 8"
    8. Stool Half Runner — 8"
    9. Stool Half Runner — 8"
    10. Stool Half Runner — 8"
    11. Stool Half Runner — 8"

  11. Board 11 · 21 3/4" left over

    1. Stool Half Runner — 8"
    2. Stool Half Runner — 8"
    3. Stool Half Rail — 7"
    4. Stool Half Rail — 7"
    5. Stool Half Rail — 7"
    6. Stool Half Rail — 7"
    7. Stool Half Rail — 7"
    8. Stool Half Rail — 7"
    9. Stool Half Rail — 7"
    10. Stool Half Rail — 7"

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.