Free-Range Nesting Box (Single) — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

1 board · 3.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 48% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 49 5/8" left over
16 1/2"16 1/2"12"
1. Sides — 16 1/2"
2. Sides — 16 1/2"
3. Floor — 12"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 70 3/4" left over
12"12"
1. Top supports — 12"
2. Top supports — 12"

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

2 boards · 2.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 54% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7 1/4" left over
15 1/2"15 1/2"15 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"
1. Roof boards — 15 1/2"
2. Roof boards — 15 1/2"
3. Roof boards — 15 1/2"
4. Front / back wall boards — 13 1/2"
5. Front / back wall boards — 13 1/2"
6. Front / back wall boards — 13 1/2"
Board 2 · 81 3/8" left over
13 1/2"
1. Front / back wall boards — 13 1/2"

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" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

Board 1 · 49 5/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 70 3/4" left over

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

Board 1 · 7 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 81 3/8" left over