Desktop with Storage Compartments — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

2 boards · 2.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 74% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8 1/2" left over
21 1/2"21 1/2"21 1/2"21 1/2"
1. Frame long pieces — 21 1/2"
2. Frame long pieces — 21 1/2"
3. Frame long pieces — 21 1/2"
4. Frame long pieces — 21 1/2"
Board 2 · 40 1/2" left over
13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"
1. Frame short pieces — 13 1/2"
2. Frame short pieces — 13 1/2"
3. Frame short pieces — 13 1/2"
4. Frame short pieces — 13 1/2"

1/2" × 24" — Project panel plywood

2 boards · 9.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 12 1/8" left over
48"21"13 1/2"
1. Bottom panel, full — 48"
2. Top panel, center — 21"
3. Top panels, sides — 13 1/2"
Board 2 · 81 3/8" left over
13 1/2"
1. Top panels, sides — 13 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" × 2 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 8 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 40 1/2" left over

1/2" × 24" — Project panel plywood

Board 1 · 12 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 81 3/8" left over