Easy Build End Table or Nightstand with Drawer — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 7 1/4" — 2x8, 8 ft

1 board · 7.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 95% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 5/8" left over
30"30"30"
1. Top — 30"
2. Top — 30"
3. Top — 30"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft or longer

2 boards · 4.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5 3/4" left over
18 1/2"18 1/2"18 1/2"18 1/2"7 1/4"7 1/4"
1. Legs — 18 1/2"
2. Legs — 18 1/2"
3. Legs — 18 1/2"
4. Legs — 18 1/2"
5. Leg cleats — 7 1/4"
6. Leg cleats — 7 1/4"
Board 2 · 80 1/4" left over
7 1/4"7 1/4"
1. Leg cleats — 7 1/4"
2. Leg cleats — 7 1/4"

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8, 8 ft

1 board · 3.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 12 1/4" left over
23"22 3/4"18 1/4"18 1/4"
1. Back — 23"
2. Drawer face — 22 3/4"
3. Sides — 18 1/4"
4. Sides — 18 1/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4, 8 ft

1 board · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 20 1/2" left over
19"19"18"18"
1. Drawer box front/back — 19"
2. Drawer box front/back — 19"
3. Drawer box sides — 18"
4. Drawer box sides — 18"

1/4" × 20 1/2" — 1/4" plywood, 20-1/2" x 19"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 21% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 75 7/8" left over
19"
1. Drawer bottom — 19"

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" × 7 1/4" — 2x8, 8 ft

Board 1 · 4 5/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft or longer

Board 1 · 5 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 80 1/4" left over

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8, 8 ft

Board 1 · 12 1/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4, 8 ft

Board 1 · 20 1/2" left over

1/4" × 20 1/2" — 1/4" plywood, 20-1/2" x 19"

Board 1 · 75 7/8" left over