Craft Table Top for the Modular Collection — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 38" — 3/4" MDF or A1 plywood

1 board · 12.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 39 7/8" left over
55"
1. Top — 55"

3/4" × 14 1/4" — 3/4" MDF or A1 plywood

1 board · 4.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 54% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 43 3/4" left over
25 1/2"25 1/2"
1. Drawer bottoms — 25 1/2"
2. Drawer bottoms — 25 1/2"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

3 boards · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 1/8" left over
31 1/2"31 1/2"29 1/2"
1. Drawer housing sides — 31 1/2"
2. Drawer housing sides — 31 1/2"
3. Drawer faces — 29 1/2"
Board 2 · 11 5/8" left over
29 1/2"28"25 1/2"
1. Drawer faces — 29 1/2"
2. Drawer housing center — 28"
3. Drawer backs — 25 1/2"
Board 3 · 8 7/8" left over
25 1/2"15"

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" × 38" — 3/4" MDF or A1 plywood

Board 1 · 39 7/8" left over

3/4" × 14 1/4" — 3/4" MDF or A1 plywood

Board 1 · 43 3/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 2 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 11 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 8 7/8" left over