Extra-Wide Triple-Pedestal Farmhouse Table — board plan

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

Buy 17 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine

5 boards · 26.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5/8" left over
94 1/4"
1. Tabletop frame, long — 94 1/4"
Board 2 · 5/8" left over
94 1/4"
1. Tabletop frame, long — 94 1/4"
Board 3 · 1 1/4" left over
70"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"
1. Beams — 70"
2. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
3. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
4. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
5. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
6. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
7. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
8. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
Board 4 · 1 1/4" left over
70"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"
1. Beams — 70"
2. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
3. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
4. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
5. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
6. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
7. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
8. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
Board 5 · 61 1/4" left over
3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"3 1/4"
1. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
2. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
3. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
4. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
5. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
6. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
7. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
8. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
9. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"
10. Cross support pieces — 3 1/4"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

10 boards · 37.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3/4" left over
47"47"
1. Pedestal top caps, outer — 47"
2. Pedestal top caps, outer — 47"
Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over
47"44"
1. Pedestal top caps, outer — 47"
2. Pedestal base caps — 44"
Board 3 · 6 3/4" left over
44"44"
1. Pedestal base caps — 44"
2. Pedestal base caps — 44"
Board 4 · 5/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine

2 boards · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/4" left over
47 1/4"47 1/4"
1. Tabletop frame, short — 47 1/4"
2. Tabletop frame, short — 47 1/4"
Board 2 · 73 1/4" left over
3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"
1. Pedestal foot blocks — 3 1/2"
2. Pedestal foot blocks — 3 1/2"
3. Pedestal foot blocks — 3 1/2"
4. Pedestal foot blocks — 3 1/2"
5. Pedestal foot blocks — 3 1/2"
6. Pedestal foot blocks — 3 1/2"

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.

Extra-Wide Triple-Pedestal Farmhouse Table — board plan

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 1 1/4" left over

Board 4 · 1 1/4" left over

Board 5 · 61 1/4" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 6 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 5/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 73 1/4" left over

Board 5 · 7 1/8" left over

Board 6 · 5" left over

Board 7 · 4 1/2" left over

Board 8 · 4 1/2" left over

Board 9 · 4 1/2" left over

Board 10 · 26" left over