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Floating Shelf with Hidden Storage — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 8"

1 board · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 62 7/8" left over

    1. Wall Box Bottom — 32"

3/4" × 9"

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 70 3/4" left over

    1. Shelf Top — 12"
    2. Shelf Top — 12"

3/4" × 8"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 11% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 85 7/8" left over

    1. Shelf Lid — 9"

3/4" × 3"

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 54% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 44 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf Front Apron — 34"
    2. Shelf Side Apron — 8"
    3. Shelf Side Apron — 8"

3/4" × 2"

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 1/4" left over

    1. Wall Box Front — 32"
    2. Wall Box Back — 32"
    3. Wall Box Side — 6"
    4. Wall Box Side — 6"
    5. Wall Box Divider — 6"
    6. Wall Box Divider — 6"

1/4" × 1/4"

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 23% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 73 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf Lid Cleat — 7"
    2. Shelf Lid Cleat — 7"
    3. Shelf Lid Cleat — 7"

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.