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Golf Ball Display Case — board plan

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

Buy 2 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 2 1/2"

2 boards · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6" left over

    1. Horizontal frame pieces — 14"
    2. Horizontal frame pieces — 14"
    3. Horizontal frame pieces — 14"
    4. Horizontal shelves — 14"
    5. Horizontal shelves — 14"
    6. Horizontal shelves — 14"
    7. Vertical frame pieces — 2"
    8. Vertical frame pieces — 2"

  2. Board 2 · 66 3/4" left over

    1. Horizontal shelves — 14"
    2. Horizontal shelves — 14"

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.