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Expandable Craft Table — board plan

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

Buy 20 boards at 8 ft.

3" × 29"

1 board · 33.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Craft Center Top — 48"

3" × 18"

2 boards · 80.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 98% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3/4" left over

    1. Craft Center Wing — 48"
    2. Long Cubby Divider — 46"

  2. Board 2 · 2 3/4" left over

    1. Craft Center Back — 46"
    2. Long Cubby Back — 46"

3" × 15"

1 board · 12.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 58 3/4" left over

    1. Left Inside Panel — 18"
    2. Right Inside Panel — 18"

3" × 14"

1 board · 12.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 58 3/4" left over

    1. Outside Panel — 18"
    2. Outside Panel — 18"

3" × 10"

1 board · 11.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 49% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 48 7/8" left over

    1. Long Cubby Bottom — 46"

3" × 9"

1 board · 9.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 47% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 50 5/8" left over

    1. Open Cubby Bottom — 15"
    2. Divider Cubby Bottom — 15"
    3. Divider Cubby Top — 14"

3" × 5"

1 board · 11.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 97% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 3/4" left over

    1. Long Cubby Shelf — 46"
    2. Long Cubby Shelf — 46"

1" × 12"

1 board · 4.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 48% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 49 5/8" left over

    1. Cubby Divider — 15"
    2. Cubby Divider — 15"
    3. Cubby Divider — 15"

1" × 8"

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer Bottom — 14"
    2. Drawer Bottom — 14"

1" × 1"

3 boards · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Leg — 29"
    2. Leg — 29"
    3. Leg — 29"

  2. Board 2 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Leg — 29"
    2. Wing Leg — 29"
    3. Wing Leg — 29"

  3. Board 3 · 40 3/4" left over

    1. Hinge Leg — 27"
    2. Hinge Leg — 27"

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 20% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 76 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer False Front — 9"
    2. Drawer False Front — 9"

3/4" × 1"

2 boards · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 7 1/8" left over

    1. Wing Stretcher — 17"
    2. Wing Stretcher — 17"
    3. Wing Stretcher — 17"
    4. Wing Stretcher — 17"
    5. Wing Stretcher — 17"
    6. Wing Stop Block — 1"
    7. Wing Stop Block — 1"

  2. Board 2 · 77 7/8" left over

    1. Wing Stretcher — 17"

1/2" × 2"

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 94% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6" left over

    1. Drawer Box Side — 14"
    2. Drawer Box Side — 14"
    3. Drawer Box Side — 14"
    4. Drawer Box Side — 14"
    5. Drawer Box Front — 8"
    6. Drawer Box Front — 8"
    7. Drawer Box Back — 8"
    8. Drawer Box Back — 8"

3/8" × 2"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer Slide Filler — 14"
    2. Drawer Slide Filler — 14"

1/4" × 1/4"

2 boards · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 1/4" left over

    1. Divider Guides — 14"
    2. Divider Guides — 14"
    3. Divider Guides — 14"
    4. Divider Guides — 14"
    5. Divider Guides — 14"
    6. Divider Guides — 14"

  2. Board 2 · 10 1/4" left over

    1. Divider Guides — 14"
    2. Divider Guides — 14"
    3. Divider Guides — 14"
    4. Divider Guides — 14"
    5. Divider Guides — 14"
    6. Divider Guides — 14"

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.