Happier Homemaker Farmhouse Table — board plan

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

Buy 14 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 7 1/4" — 2x8

5 boards · 31.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop boards — 72"
Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop boards — 72"
Board 3 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop boards — 72"
Board 4 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop boards — 72"
Board 5 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop boards — 72"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

6 boards · 21.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over
69"24 1/4"
1. Side aprons — 69"
2. End stretchers — 24 1/4"
Board 2 · 1 1/2" left over
69"24 1/4"
1. Side aprons — 69"
2. End stretchers — 24 1/4"
Board 3 · 5 5/8" left over
30 1/4"30 1/4"28 1/2"
1. End aprons — 30 1/4"
2. End aprons — 30 1/4"
3. Legs — 28 1/2"
Board 4 · 9 1/8" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

3 boards · 3.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 75% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over
30 1/4"30 1/4"30 1/4"
1. Tabletop supports — 30 1/4"
2. Tabletop supports — 30 1/4"
3. Tabletop supports — 30 1/4"
Board 2 · 3 7/8" left over
30 1/4"30 1/4"30 1/4"
1. Tabletop supports — 30 1/4"
2. Tabletop supports — 30 1/4"
3. Tabletop supports — 30 1/4"
Board 3 · 64 5/8" left over
30 1/4"
1. Tabletop supports — 30 1/4"

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.

Happier Homemaker Farmhouse Table — board plan

1 1/2" × 7 1/4" — 2x8

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 22 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 1 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 5 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 9 1/8" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 3 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 64 5/8" left over

Board 5 · 9 1/8" left over

Board 6 · 17 5/8" left over