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Dollhouse Jewelry Cabinet — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

1/2" × 10"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 16% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 80 7/8" left over

    1. Right Door — 14"

1/2" × 9"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 19% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 77 7/8" left over

    1. Back right — 17"

1/2" × 5"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 32% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 65 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom — 15"
    2. Left door — 14"

1/2" × 4"

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 95% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 5" left over

    1. Sides — 17"
    2. Sides — 17"
    3. Sides — 17"
    4. Back Left — 17"
    5. Top, right roof support — 9"
    6. Top, left roof support — 4"
    7. Shelves — 4"
    8. Shelves — 4"

1/2" × 1"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 97% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 1/8" left over

    1. Roof Slats — 6"
    2. Roof Slats — 6"
    3. Roof Slats — 6"
    4. Roof Slats — 6"
    5. Roof Slats — 6"
    6. Roof Slats — 6"
    7. Roof Slats — 6"
    8. Roof Slats — 6"
    9. Roof Slats — 6"
    10. Roof Slats — 6"
    11. Roof Slats — 6"
    12. Roof Slats — 6"
    13. Roof Slats — 6"
    14. Roof Slats — 6"
    15. Roof Slats — 6"

1/2" × 3/4"

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 17% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 79 7/8" left over

    1. Top rail — 15"

1/4" × 1/2"

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 27% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 69 5/8" left over

    1. Bottom front molding — 15"
    2. Bottom molding — 5"
    3. Bottom molding — 5"

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.