Frame and Panel Planters — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3, 8 ft

3 boards · 3.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 15 7/8" left over
26 1/4"26 1/4"26 1/4"
1. Large frame sides — 26 1/4"
2. Large frame sides — 26 1/4"
3. Large frame sides — 26 1/4"
Board 2 · 8 1/4" left over
26 1/4"20"20"20"
1. Large frame sides — 26 1/4"
2. Small frame sides — 20"
3. Small frame sides — 20"
4. Small frame sides — 20"
Board 3 · 3/8" left over
20"18 1/2"18 1/2"18 1/2"18 1/2"
1. Small frame sides — 20"
2. Frame ends — 18 1/2"
3. Frame ends — 18 1/2"
4. Frame ends — 18 1/2"
5. Frame ends — 18 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2, 8 ft

3 boards · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 66% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 15 7/8" left over
26 1/4"26 1/4"26 1/4"
1. Large frame top caps — 26 1/4"
2. Large frame top caps — 26 1/4"
3. Large frame top caps — 26 1/4"
Board 2 · 6 3/4" left over
26 1/4"21 1/2"21 1/2"18 1/2"
1. Large frame top caps — 26 1/4"
2. Small frame top cap, side — 21 1/2"
3. Small frame top cap, side — 21 1/2"
4. Small frame top cap, end — 18 1/2"
Board 3 · 76 3/8" left over

1/2" × 5 1/2" — Fence pickets, 5-1/2" wide x 1/2" thick, 6 ft

4 boards · 8.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 99% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7/8" left over
31 1/4"31 1/4"31 1/4"
1. Panel boards — 31 1/4"
2. Panel boards — 31 1/4"
3. Panel boards — 31 1/4"
Board 2 · 7/8" left over
31 1/4"31 1/4"31 1/4"
1. Panel boards — 31 1/4"
2. Panel boards — 31 1/4"
3. Panel boards — 31 1/4"
Board 3 · 7/8" left over
31 1/4"31 1/4"

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" × 2 1/2" — 1x3, 8 ft

Board 1 · 15 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 8 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 3/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2, 8 ft

Board 1 · 15 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 6 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 76 3/8" left over

1/2" × 5 1/2" — Fence pickets, 5-1/2" wide x 1/2" thick, 6 ft

Board 1 · 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 7/8" left over