DIY Trunk Side Table — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11" — Scrap or 3/4" plywood

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 13% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 83 7/8" left over
11"
1. Lid center panel — 11"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

5 boards · 8.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5 3/8" left over
18"18"18"18"17"
1. Lid frame, mitered — 18"
2. Lid frame, mitered — 18"
3. Lid frame, mitered — 18"
4. Lid frame, mitered — 18"
5. Side slats — 17"
Board 2 · 9 3/8" left over
17"17"17"17"17"
1. Side slats — 17"
2. Side slats — 17"
3. Side slats — 17"
4. Side slats — 17"
5. Side slats — 17"
Board 3 · 11 3/8" left over
17"17"17"17"15"
1. Side slats — 17"
2. Side slats — 17"
3. Side slats — 17"
4. Side slats — 17"
5. Front/back slats — 15"
Board 4 · 4 1/4" left over
15"15"15"15"15"15"
1. Front/back slats — 15"
2. Front/back slats — 15"
3. Front/back slats — 15"
4. Front/back slats — 15"
5. Front/back slats — 15"
6. Front/back slats — 15"
Board 5 · 49 5/8" left over
15"15"15"
1. Front/back slats — 15"
2. Front/back slats — 15"
3. Front/back slats — 15"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

4 boards · 2.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 73% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 3/8" left over
18"18"18"18"18"
1. Front/back frame horizontals — 18"
2. Front/back frame horizontals — 18"
3. Front/back frame horizontals — 18"
4. Front/back frame horizontals — 18"
5. Lid support cleats, long — 18"
Board 2 · 6 3/8" left over
18"17 1/2"17 1/2"17 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" × 11" — Scrap or 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 83 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 5 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 9 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 11 3/8" left over

Board 4 · 4 1/4" left over

Board 5 · 49 5/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 4 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 6 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 11 3/8" left over

Board 4 · 79 7/8" left over