Fold-Out Coffee Table Bed — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 45"

1 board · 24.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 95% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over
45"45"
1. Top & bottom — 45"
2. Top & bottom — 45"

3/4" × 8 1/4"

3 boards · 12.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 3/4" left over
42 1/2"42 1/2"
1. Face boards — 42 1/2"
2. Face boards — 42 1/2"
Board 2 · 12 3/4" left over
41"41"
1. Side boards — 41"
2. Side boards — 41"
Board 3 · 12 3/4" left over
41"41"
1. Side boards — 41"
2. Side boards — 41"

3/4" × 2 1/2"

3 boards · 2.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Full-length leg pieces — 48"
Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Full-length leg pieces — 48"
Board 3 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Full-length leg pieces — 48"

3/4" × 3/4"

4 boards · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 16 3/4" left over
39"39"
1. Stretchers — 39"
2. Stretchers — 39"
Board 2 · 16 3/4" left over
39"39"
1. Stretchers — 39"
2. Stretchers — 39"
Board 3 · 16 3/4" left over
39"39"
1. Stretchers — 39"
2. Stretchers — 39"
Board 4 · 16 3/4" left over
39"39"

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" × 45"

Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over

3/4" × 8 1/4"

Board 1 · 9 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 12 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 12 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2"

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 46 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3/4"

Board 1 · 16 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 16 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 16 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 16 3/4" left over