Foldable Wood Bath Tray — board plan

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

Buy 2 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

1 board · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 3/4" left over
36"36"
1. Board with lip — 36"
2. Plain board — 36"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over
36"
1. Edge lip — 36"

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" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

Board 1 · 22 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over