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Dining Room Buffet with Hutch — board plan

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

Buy 26 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 40"

1 board · 10.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 47% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 50 7/8" left over

    1. Hutch back — 44"

3/4" × 28"

1 board · 7.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 45% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 52 7/8" left over

    1. Buffet back — 42"

3/4" × 13"

1 board · 7.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 95% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over

    1. Buffet shelves — 45"
    2. Buffet shelves — 45"

3/4" × 12"

1 board · 5.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 3/4" left over

    1. Hutch sides — 40"
    2. Hutch sides — 40"

3/4" × 11"

2 boards · 8.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Hutch top & shelf — 44"
    2. Hutch top & shelf — 44"

  2. Board 2 · 52 3/4" left over

    1. Hutch separators — 21"
    2. Hutch separators — 21"

3/4" × 10"

1 board · 3.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 40 3/4" left over

    1. Buffet sides — 27"
    2. Buffet sides — 27"

3/4" × 5"

3 boards · 4.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Buffet top — 48"

  2. Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Buffet top — 48"

  3. Board 3 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Buffet top — 48"

3/4" × 2"

6 boards · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over

    1. Hutch face frame top — 46"
    2. Hutch bottom support — 44"

  2. Board 2 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Buffet legs (1x3) — 34"
    2. Buffet legs (1x3) — 34"
    3. Hutch door stiles — 19"

  3. Board 3 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Buffet legs (1x3) — 34"
    2. Buffet legs (1x3) — 34"
    3. Hutch door stiles — 19"

  4. Board 4 · 5 3/8" left over

    1. Hutch door stiles — 19"
    2. Hutch door stiles — 19"
    3. Buffet door stiles — 17"
    4. Buffet door stiles — 17"
    5. Buffet door stiles — 17"

  5. Board 5 · 1 1/8" left over

    1. Buffet door stiles — 17"
    2. Buffet door rails — 15"
    3. Buffet door rails — 15"
    4. Buffet door rails — 15"
    5. Buffet door rails — 15"
    6. Hutch door rails — 8"
    7. Hutch door rails — 8"

  6. Board 6 · 78 3/4" left over

    1. Hutch door rails — 8"
    2. Hutch door rails — 8"

3/4" × 1"

6 boards · 2.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 9 3/4" left over

    1. Hutch face frame rail — 43"
    2. Buffet face frame rails — 42"

  2. Board 2 · 5/8" left over

    1. Buffet face frame rails — 42"
    2. Buffet face frame rails — 42"
    3. Buffet side details — 10"

  3. Board 3 · 5/8" left over

    1. Hutch face frame sides — 37"
    2. Hutch face frame sides — 37"
    3. Hutch face frame center stiles — 20"

  4. Board 4 · 6 5/8" left over

    1. Buffet legs (1x2) — 34"
    2. Buffet legs (1x2) — 34"
    3. Hutch face frame center stiles — 20"

  5. Board 5 · 8 5/8" left over

    1. Buffet legs (1x2) — 34"
    2. Buffet legs (1x2) — 34"
    3. Buffet face frame stile — 18"

  6. Board 6 · 84 7/8" left over

    1. Buffet side details — 10"

1/4" × 13"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 33% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 64 3/4" left over

    1. Buffet door panel — 15"
    2. Buffet door panel — 15"

1/4" × 3/4"

2 boards · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1/8" left over

    1. Hutch door trim — 16"
    2. Hutch door trim — 16"
    3. Hutch door trim — 16"
    4. Hutch door trim — 16"
    5. Hutch door trim — 10"
    6. Hutch door trim — 10"
    7. Hutch door trim — 10"

  2. Board 2 · 84 7/8" left over

    1. Hutch door trim — 10"

1/8" × 9"

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 33% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 64 3/4" left over

    1. Hutch door center panel (plexiglass) — 15"
    2. Hutch door center panel (plexiglass) — 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.