Floating-Top Console Table — board plan
What to buy, and which parts come off which board.
Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.
1" × 1"
2 boards · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of each board consumed
Board 1 · 26 3/4" left over
- Leg — 34"
- Leg — 34"
Board 2 · 26 3/4" left over
- Leg — 34"
- Leg — 34"
3/4" × 5"
2 boards · 4.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of each board consumed
Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over
- Top Boards — 45"
- Top Boards — 45"
Board 2 · 49 7/8" left over
- Top Boards — 45"
3/4" × 3"
2 boards · 2.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed
Board 1 · 10 3/4" left over
- Long Rail — 42"
- Long Rail — 42"
Board 2 · 26 3/8" left over
- Top Support — 14"
- Top Support — 14"
- Top Support — 14"
- Short Rail — 13"
- Short Rail — 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.