Hand-Cut Dovetailed Keepsake Box — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

1/2" × 6" — Black Walnut

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 12% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 84 7/8" left over
10"
1. Lid — 10"

1/2" × 4" — Black Walnut

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 62 1/2" left over
10"10"6"6"
1. Box sides (long) — 10"
2. Box sides (long) — 10"
3. Box sides (short) — 6"
4. Box sides (short) — 6"

1/4" × 5 1/4" — Aromatic Cedar

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 11% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 85 5/8" left over
9 1/4"
1. Bottom panel — 9 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.

1/2" × 6" — Black Walnut

Board 1 · 84 7/8" left over

1/2" × 4" — Black Walnut

Board 1 · 62 1/2" left over

1/4" × 5 1/4" — Aromatic Cedar

Board 1 · 85 5/8" left over