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Game Table — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

2" × 2"

1 board · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 34 1/2" left over

    1. Leg — 15"
    2. Leg — 15"
    3. Leg — 15"
    4. Leg — 15"

3/4" × 24"

1 board · 6.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom — 24"
    2. Shelf — 24"

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 18% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Game Board — 16"

3/4" × 5"

2 boards · 5.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1/2" left over

    1. Long Top — 28"
    2. Long Top — 28"
    3. Rail — 21"
    4. Short Top — 17"

  2. Board 2 · 14 1/2" left over

    1. Rail — 21"
    2. Rail — 21"
    3. Rail — 21"
    4. Short Top — 17"

3/4" × 3/4"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 37% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 60 3/4" left over

    1. Cleat Spacer — 17"
    2. Cleat Spacer — 17"

1/2" × 1"

2 boards · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 54% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 3/8" left over

    1. Cleat — 17"
    2. Cleat — 17"
    3. Long Edging — 17"
    4. Long Edging — 17"
    5. Short Edging — 16"

  2. Board 2 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Short Edging — 16"

1/2" × 1/2"

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 18% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Center Bar — 16"

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.