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DIY Wooden Snowflake — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 3"

1 board · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 9" left over

    1. Diagonals — 12"
    2. Diagonals — 12"
    3. Diagonals — 12"
    4. Diagonals — 12"
    5. End pieces — 3"
    6. End pieces — 3"
    7. End pieces — 3"
    8. End pieces — 3"
    9. End pieces — 3"
    10. End pieces — 3"
    11. End pieces — 3"
    12. End pieces — 3"
    13. End pieces — 3"
    14. End pieces — 3"
    15. End pieces — 3"
    16. End pieces — 3"

1" × 2"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 40% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 57 1/2" left over

    1. Middle pieces — 3"
    2. Middle pieces — 3"
    3. Middle pieces — 3"
    4. Middle pieces — 3"
    5. Middle pieces — 3"
    6. Middle pieces — 3"
    7. Middle pieces — 3"
    8. Middle pieces — 3"
    9. Middle pieces — 3"
    10. Middle pieces — 3"
    11. Middle pieces — 3"
    12. Middle pieces — 3"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 43% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 54 5/8" left over

    1. Center — 24"
    2. Boards (you'll rip your 1x4 into 2 1 1/2" wide pieces and then cut the following measurements from there) — 8"
    3. Boards (you'll rip your 1x4 into 2 1 1/2" wide pieces and then cut the following measurements from there) — 8"

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.