Eco Office File Base — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 22" — 3/4" plywood

1 board · 7.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 57% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 41 3/4" left over
26 1/2"26 1/2"
1. Sides — 26 1/2"
2. Sides — 26 1/2"

3/4" × 15 1/2" — 3/4" plywood

1 board · 4.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 47% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 50 3/4" left over
22"22"
1. Top and bottom — 22"
2. Top and bottom — 22"

3/4" × 12 1/2" — 3/4" plywood

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 17% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 79 5/8" left over
15 1/4"
1. File drawer face — 15 1/4"

3/4" × 11 1/2" — 3/4" plywood

1 board · 4.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 26 1/2" left over
21"21"13"13"
1. File drawer sides — 21"
2. File drawer sides — 21"
3. File drawer front and back — 13"
4. File drawer front and back — 13"

3/4" × 6" — 3/4" plywood

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 33% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 64 1/4" left over
15 1/4"15 1/4"
1. Small drawer faces — 15 1/4"
2. Small drawer faces — 15 1/4"

3/4" × 5" — 3/4" plywood

2 boards · 4.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 10 1/2" left over
21"21"21"21"
1. Small drawer sides — 21"
2. Small drawer sides — 21"
3. Small drawer sides — 21"
4. Small drawer sides — 21"
Board 2 · 42 1/2" left over
13"13"13"13"
1. Small drawer fronts and backs — 13"
2. Small drawer fronts and backs — 13"
3. Small drawer fronts and backs — 13"
4. Small drawer fronts and backs — 13"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 73% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 25 1/2" left over
19"19"15 1/2"15 1/2"
1. Footer, long — 19"
2. Footer, long — 19"
3. Footer, short — 15 1/2"
4. Footer, short — 15 1/2"

1/4" × 17" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 29% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 68 3/8" left over
26 1/2"
1. Back — 26 1/2"

1/4" × 14 1/2" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 31 5/8" left over
21"21"21"
1. Drawer bottoms — 21"
2. Drawer bottoms — 21"
3. Drawer bottoms — 21"

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" × 22" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 41 3/4" left over

3/4" × 15 1/2" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 50 3/4" left over

3/4" × 12 1/2" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 79 5/8" left over

3/4" × 11 1/2" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 26 1/2" left over

3/4" × 6" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 64 1/4" left over

3/4" × 5" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 10 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 42 1/2" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 25 1/2" left over

1/4" × 17" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 68 3/8" left over

1/4" × 14 1/2" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 31 5/8" left over