Fancy X Desk — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 11 1/4" — Pine

2 boards · 19.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop — 72"
Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop — 72"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

6 boards · 22.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 95% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5" left over
59"30 3/4"
1. Cross stretchers — 59"
2. Cross brace, tapered ends — 30 3/4"
Board 2 · 5" left over
59"30 3/4"
1. Cross stretchers — 59"
2. Cross brace, tapered ends — 30 3/4"
Board 3 · 3 1/8" left over
59"21 3/4"10 3/4"
1. Cross stretchers — 59"
2. X brace, longer diagonal pieces — 21 3/4"
3. X brace, diagonal pieces — 10 3/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8" left over
18"18"18"18"3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"
1. Leg tower end caps — 18"
2. Leg tower end caps — 18"
3. Leg tower end caps — 18"
4. Leg tower end caps — 18"
5. Leg tower caps — 3 1/2"
6. Leg tower caps — 3 1/2"
7. Leg tower caps — 3 1/2"
8. Leg tower caps — 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.

Fancy X Desk — board plan

1 1/2" × 11 1/4" — Pine

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 5" left over

Board 2 · 5" left over

Board 3 · 3 1/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 8" left over

Board 4 · 8 1/4" left over

Board 5 · 5/8" left over

Board 6 · 9 5/8" left over