Floating Table with a Door Top — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

4 boards · 6.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 21 7/8" left over
73"
1. Side aprons — 73"
Board 2 · 21 7/8" left over
73"
1. Side aprons — 73"
Board 3 · 10 1/4" left over
28 1/8"28 1/8"28 1/8"
1. Side of legs — 28 1/8"
2. Side of legs — 28 1/8"
3. Side of legs — 28 1/8"
Board 4 · 15 1/2" left over
28 1/8"25 1/2"25 1/2"
1. Side of legs — 28 1/8"
2. End aprons — 25 1/2"
3. End aprons — 25 1/2"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

6 boards · 7.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 16 3/8" left over
78 1/2"
1. Inner apron — 78 1/2"
Board 2 · 16 3/8" left over
78 1/2"
1. Inner apron — 78 1/2"
Board 3 · 7 5/8" left over
29"29"29"
1. Under-table supports — 29"
2. Under-table supports — 29"
3. Under-table supports — 29"
Board 4 · 7 5/8" left over
29"29"

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.

Floating Table with a Door Top — board plan

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 21 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 21 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 10 1/4" left over

Board 4 · 15 1/2" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 16 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 16 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 7 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 7 5/8" left over

Board 5 · 9 3/8" left over

Board 6 · 38 1/2" left over