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Framed Magnetic Whiteboard with a Lego Inlay Shelf — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 4"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Lego Shelf — 24"

3/4" × 3"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Marker Tray — 24"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 9 1/2" left over

    1. Frame Top Rail — 25"
    2. Backdrop Frame Bottom Rail — 24"
    3. Frame Stile — 18"
    4. Frame Stile — 18"

3/4" × 13/16"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Frame Bottom Rail — 24"

3/4" × 3/4"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 44% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 54 1/8" left over

    1. Backdrop Frame Top Rail — 24"
    2. Lego Shelf Boarder Sides — 4"
    3. Lego Shelf Boarder Sides — 4"
    4. Marker Tray Boarder Sides — 3"
    5. Marker Tray Boarder Sides — 3"
    6. Backdrop Frame Stiles — 1"
    7. Backdrop Frame Stiles — 1"

1/2" × 1"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 27% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 70 1/4" left over

    1. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    2. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    3. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    4. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    5. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    6. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    7. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    8. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    9. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    10. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    11. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    12. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    13. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    14. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    15. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    16. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    17. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    18. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    19. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    20. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    21. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"
    22. Backdrop Filler Strips — 1"

1/4" × 3/4"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 53% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 44 3/4" left over

    1. Marker Tray Boarder Front — 25"
    2. Lego Shelf Boarder Front — 25"

1/4" × 1/4"

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Marker Keeper — 24"

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.