Elevated Planter Box — board plan

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

Buy 12 boards at 8 ft.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Cedar 4x4

2 boards · 9.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"24"
1. Legs — 24"
2. Legs — 24"
3. Legs — 24"
Board 2 · 70 7/8" left over
24"
1. Legs — 24"

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine 2x6

10 boards · 47.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 15 3/4" left over
60"19"
1. Box base and wall sides — 60"
2. Box end walls — 19"
Board 2 · 15 3/4" left over
60"19"
1. Box base and wall sides — 60"
2. Box end walls — 19"
Board 3 · 15 3/4" left over
60"19"
1. Box base and wall sides — 60"
2. Box end walls — 19"
Board 4 · 15 3/4" left over
60"

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.

Elevated Planter Box — board plan

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Cedar 4x4

Board 1 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 70 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine 2x6

Board 1 · 15 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 15 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 15 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 15 3/4" left over

Board 5 · 15 3/4" left over

Board 6 · 15 3/4" left over

Board 7 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 8 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 9 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 10 · 34 7/8" left over