L-Shaped Corner Desk — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/4" × 6" — 5/4 board

3 boards · 12.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 3/4" left over
36"36"
1. Long desktop boards — 36"
2. Long desktop boards — 36"
Board 2 · 27 1/4" left over
36"31 1/2"
1. Long desktop boards — 36"
2. Medium desktop boards — 31 1/2"
Board 3 · 31 3/4" left over
31 1/2"31 1/2"
1. Medium desktop boards — 31 1/2"
2. Medium desktop boards — 31 1/2"

1 1/4" × 1 1/4" — 2x4, ripped square

6 boards · 6.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 13 5/8" left over
33 1/2"33 1/2"14"
1. Long frame — 33 1/2"
2. Long frame — 33 1/2"
3. Short base pieces — 14"
Board 2 · 5/8" left over
33 1/2"30 1/4"30 1/4"
1. Long frame — 33 1/2"
2. Medium frame — 30 1/4"
3. Medium frame — 30 1/4"
Board 3 · 6 7/8" left over
30 1/4"28 3/4"28 3/4"

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.

L-Shaped Corner Desk — board plan

1 1/4" × 6" — 5/4 board

Board 1 · 22 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 27 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 31 3/4" left over

1 1/4" × 1 1/4" — 2x4, ripped square

Board 1 · 13 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 6 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 8 3/8" left over

Board 5 · 9 5/8" left over

Board 6 · 10 1/4" left over