Floating Boxes Nightstand — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine

2 boards · 7.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/4" left over
22 1/2"22 1/2"12 1/2"12 1/2"12 1/2"10 1/2"
1. Large box top and bottom — 22 1/2"
2. Large box top and bottom — 22 1/2"
3. Box sides (both boxes) — 12 1/2"
4. Box sides (both boxes) — 12 1/2"
5. Box sides (both boxes) — 12 1/2"
6. Small box top and bottom — 10 1/2"
Board 2 · 71 3/4" left over
12 1/2"10 1/2"
1. Box sides (both boxes) — 12 1/2"
2. Small box top and bottom — 10 1/2"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 36% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 61 3/4" left over
22 1/2"10 1/2"
1. Large box support — 22 1/2"
2. Small box support — 10 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.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine

Board 1 · 1 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 71 3/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 61 3/4" left over