Factory Cart Coffee Table — 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

1 board · 3.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 94% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 1/8" left over
48 1/4"10"10"10"10"
1. Center support — 48 1/4"
2. Corner braces — 10"
3. Corner braces — 10"
4. Corner braces — 10"
5. Corner braces — 10"

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8

5 boards · 16.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 14" left over
49 3/4"31"
1. Sides — 49 3/4"
2. Tabletop boards — 31"
Board 2 · 14" left over
49 3/4"31"
1. Sides — 49 3/4"
2. Tabletop boards — 31"
Board 3 · 1 5/8" left over
31"31"31"
1. Tabletop boards — 31"
2. Tabletop boards — 31"
3. Tabletop boards — 31"
Board 4 · 4 1/8" left over

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 1/8" left over

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8

Board 1 · 14" left over

Board 2 · 14" left over

Board 3 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 4 1/8" left over

Board 5 · 66 3/8" left over