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Hanging Storage Shelf — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11"

1 board · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 31% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 65 7/8" left over

    1. Top part of back piece — 29"

3/4" × 10"

1 board · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 62 3/4" left over

    1. Sides — 16"
    2. Sides — 16"

3/4" × 9"

1 board · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 36 3/4" left over

    1. Shelves — 29"
    2. Shelves — 29"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 42% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 55 3/8" left over

    1. Shelf dividers — 9"
    2. Shelf dividers — 9"
    3. Bottom of bin — 7"
    4. Bottom of bin — 7"
    5. Bottom of bin — 7"

3/4" × 6"

1 board · 2.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 74% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 24 7/8" left over

    1. Back of bin — 9"
    2. Back of bin — 9"
    3. Back of bin — 9"
    4. Bin sides — 7"
    5. Bin sides — 7"
    6. Bin sides — 7"
    7. Bin sides — 7"
    8. Bin sides — 7"
    9. Bin sides — 7"

3/4" × 4"

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 31% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 65 7/8" left over

    1. Bottom part of back — 29"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 21 1/2" left over

    1. Sides of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    2. Sides of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    3. Sides of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    4. Sides of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    5. Sides of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    6. Sides of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    7. Top and bottom of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    8. Top and bottom of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    9. Top and bottom of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    10. Top and bottom of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    11. Top and bottom of face frame for front of bin — 6"
    12. Top and bottom of face frame for front of bin — 6"

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.