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Craftsman-Style Twin Bed — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

3" × 3"

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 18% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 78 1/2" left over

    1. A. Headboard posts — 4"
    2. A. Headboard posts — 4"
    3. D. Footboard posts — 4"
    4. D. Footboard posts — 4"

3/4" × 5 1/2"

2 boards · 5.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 11 3/4" left over

    1. F. Bed rails — 75"
    2. E. Footboard rail — 8"

  2. Board 2 · 19 7/8" left over

    1. F. Bed rails — 75"

3/4" × 3 1/2"

2 boards · 3.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 1/8" left over

    1. H. Headboard cap — 43"
    2. B. Headboard rails — 8"
    3. B. Headboard rails — 8"
    4. I. Mattress support slats — 8"
    5. I. Mattress support slats — 8"
    6. I. Mattress support slats — 8"
    7. I. Mattress support slats — 8"

  2. Board 2 · 30" left over

    1. I. Mattress support slats — 8"
    2. I. Mattress support slats — 8"
    3. I. Mattress support slats — 8"
    4. I. Mattress support slats — 8"
    5. I. Mattress support slats — 8"
    6. I. Mattress support slats — 8"
    7. I. Mattress support slats — 8"
    8. I. Mattress support slats — 8"

3/4" × 2 1/2"

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 96% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over

    1. C. Headboard stiles — 10"
    2. C. Headboard stiles — 10"
    3. C. Headboard stiles — 10"
    4. C. Headboard stiles — 10"
    5. C. Headboard stiles — 10"
    6. C. Headboard stiles — 10"
    7. C. Headboard stiles — 10"
    8. C. Headboard stiles — 10"
    9. C. Headboard stiles — 10"

3/4" × 1 1/2"

2 boards · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over

    1. G. Slat support rails — 72"

  2. Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over

    1. G. Slat support rails — 72"

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.