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DIY Guitar Stand Stool — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 12"

1 board · 4.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 38 5/8" left over

    1. Stool Sides — 20"
    2. Stool Sides — 20"
    3. Top — 16"

3/4" × 6"

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 41% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 56 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf — 14"
    2. Guitar Stand Pieces — 12"
    3. Guitar Stand Pieces — 12"

3/4" × 2"

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 29% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 68 5/8" left over

    1. Seat Support — 14"
    2. Scrap Blocks — 6"
    3. Scrap Blocks — 6"

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.