Dovetail Beam Console Table — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8

8 boards · 26.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Top boards — 72"
Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Top boards — 72"
Board 3 · 7 1/4" left over
57 1/2"30"
1. Center stretcher boards — 57 1/2"
2. Outer leg boards — 30"
Board 4 · 7 1/4" left over
57 1/2"30"
1. Center stretcher boards — 57 1/2"
2. Outer leg boards — 30"
Board 5 · 4 5/8" left over
30"30"30"
1. Outer leg boards — 30"
2. Outer leg boards — 30"
3. Front/back leg boards — 30"
Board 6 · 4 5/8" left over
30"30"30"
1. Front/back leg boards — 30"
2. Front/back leg boards — 30"
3. Front/back leg boards — 30"
Board 7 · 6 7/8" left over
29 1/4"29 1/4"29 1/4"
1. Inner leg panels — 29 1/4"
2. Inner leg panels — 29 1/4"
3. Inner leg panels — 29 1/4"
Board 8 · 65 5/8" left over
29 1/4"
1. Inner leg panels — 29 1/4"

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" × 7 1/4" — 1x8

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 7 1/4" left over

Board 4 · 7 1/4" left over

Board 5 · 4 5/8" left over

Board 6 · 4 5/8" left over

Board 7 · 6 7/8" left over

Board 8 · 65 5/8" left over