Essential Modern Outdoor Square Dining Table — board plan

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

Buy 20 boards at 8 ft.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4, 10 ft (or 2 @ 8 ft)

2 boards · 11.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 1/8" left over
29 1/2"29 1/2"29 1/2"
1. Legs — 29 1/2"
2. Legs — 29 1/2"
3. Legs — 29 1/2"
Board 2 · 65 3/8" left over
29 1/2"
1. Legs — 29 1/2"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft

8 boards · 17.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 19 7/8" left over
50 1/2"10"10"2"2"
1. Under-table supports — 50 1/2"
2. Umbrella opening blocking, long — 10"
3. Umbrella opening blocking, long — 10"
4. Umbrella opening blocking, short — 2"
5. Umbrella opening blocking, short — 2"
Board 2 · 44 3/8" left over
50 1/2"
1. Under-table supports — 50 1/2"
Board 3 · 44 3/8" left over
50 1/2"

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence pickets, 5.5" wide, 5' or 6' long

10 boards · 15.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 39 7/8" left over
55"
1. Tabletop boards — 55"
Board 2 · 39 7/8" left over
55"
1. Tabletop boards — 55"
Board 3 · 39 7/8" left over
55"
1. Tabletop boards — 55"
Board 4 · 39 7/8" left over
55"
1. Tabletop boards — 55"
Board 5 · 39 7/8" left over
55"
1. Tabletop boards — 55"
Board 6

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.

Essential Modern Outdoor Square Dining Table — board plan

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4, 10 ft (or 2 @ 8 ft)

Board 1 · 6 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 65 3/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft

Board 1 · 19 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 44 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 44 3/8" left over

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence pickets, 5.5" wide, 5' or 6' long

Board 1 · 39 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 39 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 39 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 39 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 39 7/8" left over

Board 6

Board 4 · 44 3/8" left over

Board 5 · 47 3/8" left over

Board 6 · 47 3/8" left over

Board 7 · 47 3/8" left over

Board 8 · 47 3/8" left over

Board 7 · 39 7/8" left over

Board 8 · 39 7/8" left over

Board 9 · 39 7/8" left over

Board 10 · 39 7/8" left over