Doll Bunk Beds for 18" Dolls — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

4 boards · 2.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3/8" left over
19"19"19"19"18"
1. Bed level rails — 19"
2. Bed level rails — 19"
3. Bed level rails — 19"
4. Bed level rails — 19"
5. Corner posts — 18"
Board 2 · 2 3/8" left over
19"19"18"18"18"
1. Bed level rails — 19"
2. Bed level rails — 19"
3. Corner posts — 18"
4. Corner posts — 18"
5. Corner posts — 18"
Board 3 · 1 1/8" left over
14"14"9 1/4"9 1/4"9 1/4"9 1/4"9 1/4"9 1/4"9 1/4"
1. Guardrail rails — 14"
2. Guardrail rails — 14"
3. Floor slats — 9 1/4"
4. Floor slats — 9 1/4"
5. Floor slats — 9 1/4"
6. Floor slats — 9 1/4"
7. Floor slats — 9 1/4"
8. Floor slats — 9 1/4"
9. Floor slats — 9 1/4"
Board 4 · 66 7/8" left over
9 1/4"9 1/4"9 1/4"
1. Floor slats — 9 1/4"
2. Floor slats — 9 1/4"
3. Floor slats — 9 1/4"

3/4" × 3/4" — 1x1, 8 ft (or ripped from a 1x2)

2 boards · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3/8" left over
19"19"19"19"18"
1. Ladder rails — 19"
2. Ladder rails — 19"
3. Corner reinforcing cleats — 19"
4. Corner reinforcing cleats — 19"
5. Ladder top cleat — 18"
Board 2 · 83 1/4" left over
5 3/4"5 3/4"
1. Guardrail posts — 5 3/4"
2. Guardrail posts — 5 3/4"

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" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 2 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 1 1/8" left over

Board 4 · 66 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3/4" — 1x1, 8 ft (or ripped from a 1x2)

Board 1 · 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 83 1/4" left over