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Farmhouse End Table — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4"

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 15% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 81 7/8" left over

    1. Bottom shelf — 13"

3/4" × 5 1/2"

1 board · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 34 5/8" left over

    1. Plank table top — 20"
    2. Plank table top — 20"
    3. Plank table top — 20"

3/4" × 2 1/2"

2 boards · 2.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/4" left over

    1. Legs — 21"
    2. Legs — 21"
    3. Base leg support — 16"
    4. Base leg support — 16"
    5. Top leg support — 15"
    6. Feet — 3"

  2. Board 2 · 44 1/4" left over

    1. Top leg support — 15"
    2. Table top support — 13"
    3. Table top support — 13"
    4. Feet — 3"
    5. Feet — 3"
    6. Feet — 3"

3/4" × 1 1/2"

2 boards · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 52% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 1/8" left over

    1. Angle Supports — 12"
    2. Angle Supports — 12"
    3. Angle Supports — 12"
    4. Angle Supports — 12"
    5. Angle Supports — 12"
    6. Angle Supports — 12"
    7. Angle Supports — 12"

  2. Board 2 · 82 7/8" left over

    1. Angle Supports — 12"

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.