Farmhouse X-Leg Side Table — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6, 8 ft

4 boards · 18.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 74% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 12 1/8" left over
27 1/2"27 1/2"27 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 27 1/2"
2. Tabletop boards — 27 1/2"
3. Tabletop boards — 27 1/2"
Board 2 · 16 1/8" left over
27 1/2"27 1/2"23 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 27 1/2"
2. Tabletop boards — 27 1/2"
3. Bottom shelf and top aprons — 23 1/2"
Board 3 · 1/2" left over
23 1/2"23 1/2"23 1/2"23 1/2"
1. Bottom shelf and top aprons — 23 1/2"
2. Bottom shelf and top aprons — 23 1/2"
3. Bottom shelf and top aprons — 23 1/2"
4. Bottom shelf and top aprons — 23 1/2"
Board 4 · 71 3/8" left over
23 1/2"
1. Bottom shelf and top aprons — 23 1/2"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft

1 board · 3.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 95% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 1/2" left over
22 1/2"22 1/2"22 1/2"22 1/2"
1. Legs — 22 1/2"
2. Legs — 22 1/2"
3. Legs — 22 1/2"
4. Legs — 22 1/2"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2, 8 ft

3 boards · 3.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 12 1/8" left over
32"32"18 1/2"
1. X detailing — 32"
2. X detailing — 32"
3. Side aprons — 18 1/2"
Board 2 · 12 1/8" left over
32"32"18 1/2"
1. X detailing — 32"
2. X detailing — 32"
3. Side aprons — 18 1/2"
Board 3 · 57 3/4" left over
18 1/2"18 1/2"
1. Side aprons — 18 1/2"
2. Side aprons —

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" × 5 1/2" — 2x6, 8 ft

Board 1 · 12 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 16 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 71 3/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft

Board 1 · 4 1/2" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2, 8 ft

Board 1 · 12 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 12 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 57 3/4" left over