Countertop Potato Bin — board plan

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

Buy 2 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 7 1/4" — Pine 1x8

1 board · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 21 5/8" left over
31 1/2"9 3/4"9 3/4"9 3/4"9 3/4"1"1"
1. Bottom — 31 1/2"
2. Angled dividers — 9 3/4"
3. Angled dividers — 9 3/4"
4. Angled dividers — 9 3/4"
5. Angled dividers — 9 3/4"
6. Feet — 1"
7. Feet — 1"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

1 board · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 100% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/8" left over
31 1/2"31 1/2"31 1/2"
1. Front and back panels — 31 1/2"
2. Front and back panels — 31 1/2"
3. Front and back panels — 31 1/2"

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.

3/4" × 7 1/4" — Pine 1x8

Board 1 · 21 5/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

Board 1 · 1/8" left over