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Cookbook Hutch — board plan

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

Buy 12 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11"

5 boards · 15.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Sides and shelves — 48"

  2. Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Sides and shelves — 48"

  3. Board 3 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Sides and shelves — 48"

  4. Board 4 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Sides and shelves — 48"

  5. Board 5 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Sides and shelves — 48"

3/4" × 3"

7 boards · 6.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Back panel pieces — 48"

  2. Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Back panel pieces — 48"

  3. Board 3 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Back panel pieces — 48"

  4. Board 4 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Back panel pieces — 48"

  5. Board 5 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Back panel pieces — 48"

  6. Board 6 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Back panel pieces — 48"

  7. Board 7 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Top face frame piece — 48"

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.