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Dresser Vanity — board plan

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

Buy 15 boards at 8 ft.

3" × 3"

2 boards · 8.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 66% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over

    1. Front Legs (Staircase Newel Post) — 31"
    2. Front Legs (Staircase Newel Post) — 31"
    3. Back Legs — 31"

  2. Board 2 · 63 7/8" left over

    1. Back Legs — 31"

1 1/2" × 5 1/2"

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 12% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 84 3/8" left over

    1. Vanity Top — 2"
    2. Vanity Top — 2"
    3. Vanity Top — 2"
    4. Vanity Top — 2"
    5. Vanity Top — 2"

1" × 5"

2 boards · 4.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 54% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 8 5/8" left over

    1. Back Rail (bottom) — 35"
    2. Front Rails (top) — 35"
    3. Side Rails (top) — 16"

  2. Board 2 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Side Rails (top) — 16"

1" × 3"

3 boards · 5.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 8 5/8" left over

    1. Back Rail (top) — 35"
    2. Front Rails (bottom) — 35"
    3. Side Rails (Bottom) — 16"

  2. Board 2 · 10 1/2" left over

    1. Face Frame (notched board) — 27"
    2. Face Frame (notched board) — 27"
    3. Side Rails (Bottom) — 16"
    4. Drawer slide rails — 14"

  3. Board 3 · 24 3/8" left over

    1. Drawer slide rails — 14"
    2. Drawer slide rails — 14"
    3. Drawer slide rails — 14"
    4. Drawer slide rails — 14"
    5. Drawer slide rails — 14"

3/4" × 14"

1 board · 3.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 58 3/4" left over

    1. Side plywood panels — 18"
    2. Side plywood panels — 18"

3/4" × 5 1/2"

1 board · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 53% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 45 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Box Sides — 4"
    2. Drawer Box Sides — 4"
    3. Drawer Box Sides — 4"
    4. Drawer Box Sides — 4"
    5. Drawer Box Sides — 4"
    6. Drawer Box Sides — 4"
    7. Drawer box fronts and backs — 4"
    8. Drawer box fronts and backs — 4"
    9. Drawer box fronts and backs — 4"
    10. Drawer box fronts and backs — 4"
    11. Drawer box fronts and backs — 4"
    12. Drawer box fronts and backs — 4"

3/4" × 5"

2 boards · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 24 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer Fronts — 35"
    2. Drawer Fronts — 35"

  2. Board 2 · 59 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer Fronts — 35"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 74% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 24 3/4" left over

    1. Front drawer dividers — 35"
    2. Front drawer dividers — 35"

1/4" × 15"

2 boards · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 54% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 26 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer bottoms — 34"
    2. Drawer bottoms — 34"

  2. Board 2 · 60 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer bottoms — 34"

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.