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Folding Picnic Table — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 5"

3 boards · 8.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 1/8" left over

    1. Top center slats — 12"
    2. Top center slats — 12"
    3. Top center slats — 12"
    4. Top center slats — 12"
    5. Top center slats — 12"
    6. Top center slats — 12"
    7. Top center slats — 12"

  2. Board 2 · 10 1/8" left over

    1. Top center slats — 12"
    2. Top center slats — 12"
    3. Top center slats — 12"
    4. Top center slats — 12"
    5. Top center slats — 12"
    6. Top center slats — 12"
    7. Top center slats — 12"

  3. Board 3 · 46 1/2" left over

    1. Top center slats — 12"
    2. Top center slats — 12"
    3. Top center slats — 12"
    4. Top center slats — 12"

1" × 3"

4 boards · 5.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 66% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 18 3/4" left over

    1. Legs — 38"
    2. Legs — 38"

  2. Board 2 · 18 3/4" left over

    1. Legs — 38"
    2. Legs — 38"

  3. Board 3 · 22 5/8" left over

    1. Leg tops — 24"
    2. Leg tops — 24"
    3. Leg tops — 24"

  4. Board 4 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Leg tops — 24"

1" × 1"

4 boards · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 39 7/8" left over

    1. Top edges — 55"

  2. Board 2 · 39 7/8" left over

    1. Top edges — 55"

  3. Board 3 · 39 7/8" left over

    1. Top edges — 55"

  4. Board 4 · 39 7/8" left over

    1. Top edges — 55"

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.