Essential Outdoor Chair (for Standard Cushions) — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

5 boards · 14.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 75% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 3/8" left over
30 3/8"30 3/8"27 1/2"
1. Armrests — 30 3/8"
2. Armrests — 30 3/8"
3. Seat stringers — 27 1/2"
Board 2 · 15 1/8" left over
27 1/2"26"26"
1. Seat stringers — 27 1/2"
2. Back uprights — 26"
3. Back uprights — 26"
Board 3 · 8 1/2" left over
21 1/2"21 1/2"21 1/2"21 1/2"
1. Legs — 21 1/2"
2. Legs — 21 1/2"
3. Legs — 21 1/2"
4. Legs — 21 1/2"
Board 4 · 14 1/2" left over
20"20"20"20"
1. Seat slats and front — 20"
2. Seat slats and front — 20"
3. Seat slats and front — 20"
4. Seat slats and front — 20"
Board 5 · 74 7/8" left over
20"
1. Seat slats and front — 20"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 22% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 74 7/8" left over
20"
1. Back top cap — 20"

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 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 6 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 15 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 8 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 5 · 74 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 74 7/8" left over