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Cool Kids’ Picnic Table — board plan

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

Buy 16 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 3"

5 boards · 10.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 3/4" left over

    1. Upper Stile — 46"
    2. Upper Stile — 46"

  2. Board 2 · 2 3/4" left over

    1. Seat Rail — 46"
    2. Seat Rail — 46"

  3. Board 3 · 4 3/4" left over

    1. End Rail — 45"
    2. End Rail — 45"

  4. Board 4 · 8 3/4" left over

    1. Seat Support — 43"
    2. Seat Support — 43"

  5. Board 5 · 25 3/8" left over

    1. Upper Rail — 17"
    2. Upper Rail — 17"
    3. Upper Rail — 17"
    4. Seat Brace — 9"
    5. Seat Brace — 9"

3/4" × 5"

9 boards · 23.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3/4" left over

    1. Top Board — 47"
    2. Top Board — 47"

  2. Board 2 · 3/4" left over

    1. Top Board — 47"
    2. Top Board — 47"

  3. Board 3 · 3/4" left over

    1. Top Detail — 47"
    2. Bench Top — 47"

  4. Board 4 · 3/4" left over

    1. Bench Top — 47"
    2. Bench Top — 47"

  5. Board 5 · 1 3/4" left over

    1. Bench Top — 47"
    2. Bench Back — 46"

  6. Board 6 · 2 5/8" left over

    1. Bench Back — 46"
    2. Long Leg — 23"
    3. Long Leg — 23"

  7. Board 7 · 3 3/8" left over

    1. Long Leg — 23"
    2. Long Leg — 23"
    3. Side — 15"
    4. Side — 15"
    5. Side — 15"

  8. Board 8 · 1 1/8" left over

    1. Side — 15"
    2. Short Leg — 13"
    3. Short Leg — 13"
    4. Short Leg — 13"
    5. Short Leg — 13"
    6. Short Leg — 13"
    7. Short Leg — 13"

  9. Board 9 · 68 3/4" left over

    1. Short Leg — 13"
    2. Short Leg — 13"

3/4" × 1"

2 boards · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3/4" left over

    1. Bench Detail — 47"
    2. Bench Detail — 47"

  2. Board 2 · 12 1/4" left over

    1. Side Detail — 15"
    2. Side Detail — 15"
    3. Leg Detail — 13"
    4. Leg Detail — 13"
    5. Leg Detail — 13"
    6. Leg Detail — 13"

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.