Farmhouse Desk with X-Brace Legs — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft

2 boards · 6.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 7/8" left over
29 1/4"29 1/4"29 1/4"
1. Legs — 29 1/4"
2. Legs — 29 1/4"
3. Legs — 29 1/4"
Board 2 · 27 3/8" left over
29 1/4"19"19"
1. Legs — 29 1/4"
2. Leg bottom support — 19"
3. Leg bottom support — 19"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2, 8 ft

3 boards · 4.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7 3/4" left over
43 1/2"43 1/2"
1. Front/back aprons — 43 1/2"
2. Front/back aprons — 43 1/2"
Board 2 · 6 1/2" left over
22"22"22"22"
1. X bracing — 22"
2. X bracing — 22"
3. X bracing — 22"
4. X bracing — 22"
Board 3 · 40 5/8" left over
19"19"16"

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12, 8 ft

2 boards · 6.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 47 3/8" left over
47 1/2"
1. Top — 47 1/2"
Board 2 · 47 3/8" left over
47 1/2"
1. Top — 47 1/2"

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8, 8 ft

1 board · 3.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7 3/4" left over
43 1/2"43 1/2"
1. Bottom shelf — 43 1/2"
2. Bottom shelf — 43 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.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft

Board 1 · 6 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 27 3/8" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2, 8 ft

Board 1 · 7 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 6 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 40 5/8" left over

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12, 8 ft

Board 1 · 47 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 47 3/8" left over

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8, 8 ft

Board 1 · 7 3/4" left over