Easy Folding Desk — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 3"

3 boards · 5.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over
37"37"19"
1. Desk back — 37"
2. Desk back — 37"
3. Leg top — 19"
Board 2 · 11 5/8" left over
29"29"25"
1. Angled leg — 29"
2. Angled leg — 29"
3. Back leg — 25"
Board 3 · 50 3/4" left over
25"19"
1. Back leg — 25"
2. Leg top — 19"

3/4" × 5"

2 boards · 5.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over
43"43"
1. Desk top — 43"
2. Desk top — 43"
Board 2 · 8 3/4" left over
43"43"
1. Desk top — 43"
2. Desk top — 43"

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" × 3"

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 11 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 50 3/4" left over

3/4" × 5"

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 8 3/4" left over