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Dog Bed — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3"

2 boards · 2.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 3/8" left over

    1. Long Rail — 30"
    2. Long Rail — 30"
    3. Short Rail — 19"
    4. Wide Leg — 6"
    5. Wide Leg — 6"

  2. Board 2 · 63 5/8" left over

    1. Short Rail — 19"
    2. Wide Leg — 6"
    3. Wide Leg — 6"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 3/8" left over

    1. Long Frame Rail — 37"
    2. Long Frame Rail — 37"
    3. Narrow Leg — 6"
    4. Narrow Leg — 6"
    5. Narrow Leg — 6"

  2. Board 2 · 30 3/8" left over

    1. Short Frame Rail — 23"
    2. Short Frame Rail — 23"
    3. Narrow Leg — 6"
    4. Frame Cleat — 6"
    5. Frame Cleat — 6"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 26 1/2" left over

    1. Long Cleat — 23"
    2. Long Cleat — 23"
    3. Short Cleat — 11"
    4. Short Cleat — 11"

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.