Doors for an Open-Base Basic Collection Cabinet — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

1/2" × 7 1/2" — Pine hobby stock

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 17% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 79 5/8" left over
15 1/4"
1. False front top board — 15 1/4"

1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine hobby stock

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 47% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 50 3/4" left over
7 1/4"7 1/4"7 1/4"7 1/4"7 1/4"7 1/4"
1. False front boards — 7 1/4"
2. False front boards — 7 1/4"
3. False front boards — 7 1/4"
4. False front boards — 7 1/4"
5. False front boards — 7 1/4"
6. False front boards — 7 1/4"

1/4" × 15 1/4" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 28% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 68 7/8" left over
26"
1. Door backer — 26"

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.

1/2" × 7 1/2" — Pine hobby stock

Board 1 · 79 5/8" left over

1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine hobby stock

Board 1 · 50 3/4" left over

1/4" × 15 1/4" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 68 7/8" left over