End-Grain Walnut & Maple Butcher Block — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

1 3/4" × 1 1/2" — Hard Maple

4 boards · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 14 1/2" left over
20"20"20"20"
1. Maple strips (first glue-up) — 20"
2. Maple strips (first glue-up) — 20"
3. Maple strips (first glue-up) — 20"
4. Maple strips (first glue-up) — 20"
Board 2 · 14 1/2" left over
20"20"20"20"
1. Maple strips (first glue-up) — 20"
2. Maple strips (first glue-up) — 20"
3. Maple strips (first glue-up) — 20"
4. Walnut strips (first glue-up) — 20"
Board 3 · 14 1/2" left over
20"20"20"20"
1. Walnut strips (first glue-up) — 20"
2. Walnut strips (first glue-up) — 20"
3. Walnut strips (first glue-up) — 20"
4. Walnut strips (first glue-up) — 20"
Board 4 · 74 7/8" left over
20"
1. Walnut strips (first glue-up) — 20"

1 1/2" × 1 3/4"

3 boards · 4.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 16 1/2" left over
19 1/2"19 1/2"19 1/2"19 1/2"
1. Crosscut slices (from the first panel) — 19 1/2"
2. Crosscut slices (from the first panel) — 19 1/2"
3. Crosscut slices (from the first panel) — 19 1/2"
4. Crosscut slices (from the first panel) — 19 1/2"
Board 2 · 16 1/2" left over
19 1/2"19 1/2"19 1/2"19 1/2"
1. Crosscut slices (from the first panel) —

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 3/4" × 1 1/2" — Hard Maple

Board 1 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 74 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 1 3/4"

Board 1 · 16 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 16 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 16 1/2" left over