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Farmhouse Scallop End Table — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 4"

2 boards · 3.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/8" left over

    1. Bottom Shelf Boards — 15"
    2. Bottom Shelf Boards — 15"
    3. Top Boards — 13"
    4. Top Boards — 13"
    5. Top Boards — 13"
    6. Top Boards — 13"
    7. Front & Back Scallop Aprons — 10"

  2. Board 2 · 71 3/4" left over

    1. Top Boards — 13"
    2. Front & Back Scallop Aprons — 10"

1" × 3"

1 board · 2.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 96% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 1/4" left over

    1. Top Boards — 17"
    2. Top Boards — 17"
    3. Bottom Shelf Boards — 15"
    4. Bottom Shelf Boards — 15"
    5. Side Aprons — 13"
    6. Side Aprons — 13"

1" × 2"

2 boards · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Legs — 23"
    2. Legs — 23"
    3. Legs — 23"
    4. Legs — 23"

  2. Board 2 · 68 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom Shelf Supports — 13"
    2. Bottom Shelf Supports — 13"

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.