Double Desk with Hollow-Core Door Top — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

9 boards · 12.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 1/8" left over
28 1/2"28 1/2"28 1/2"
1. Legs — 28 1/2"
2. Legs — 28 1/2"
3. Legs — 28 1/2"
Board 2 · 9 1/8" left over
28 1/2"28 1/2"28 1/2"
1. Legs — 28 1/2"
2. Legs — 28 1/2"
3. Legs — 28 1/2"
Board 3 · 9 5/8" left over
28 1/2"28 1/2"28"
1. Legs — 28 1/2"
2. Legs — 28 1/2"
3. Frame stretchers, long — 28"
Board 4 · 10 5/8" left over
28"28"28"
1. Frame stretchers, long — 28"
2. Frame stretchers, long — 28"
3. Frame stretchers, long — 28"
Board 5 · 17 5/8" left over
28"28"21"
1. Frame stretchers, long — 28"
2. Frame stretchers, long — 28"
3. Frame stretchers — 21"
Board 6 · 10 1/2" left over
21"21"21"21"
1. Frame stretchers — 21"
2. Frame stretchers — 21"
3. Frame stretchers — 21"
4. Frame stretchers — 21"
Board 7 · 10 1/2" left over
21"21"21"21"
1. Frame stretchers — 21"
2. Frame stretchers — 21"
3. Frame stretchers — 21"
4. Frame stretchers — 21"
Board 8 · 1 3/8" left over
21"18"18"18"18"
1. Frame stretchers — 21"
2. Frame stretchers, short — 18"
3. Frame stretchers, short — 18"
4. Frame stretchers, short — 18"
5. Frame stretchers, short — 18"
Board 9 · 58 3/4" left over
18"18"
1. Frame stretchers, short — 18"
2. Frame stretchers, short — 18"

3/4" × 18" — Plywood or MDF

1 board · 4.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 45% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 52 3/4" left over
21"21"
1. Center cubby panels — 21"
2. Center cubby panels — 21"

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 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 9 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 9 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 9 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 10 5/8" left over

Board 5 · 17 5/8" left over

Board 6 · 10 1/2" left over

Board 7 · 10 1/2" left over

Board 8 · 1 3/8" left over

Board 9 · 58 3/4" left over

3/4" × 18" — Plywood or MDF

Board 1 · 52 3/4" left over