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Hobby Center Tables — board plan

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

Buy 17 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 48"

1 board · 13.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Center Table Top Plywood — 48"

3/4" × 24"

2 boards · 13.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Side Table Tops Plywood — 48"

  2. Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Side Table Tops Plywood — 48"

3/4" × 4"

5 boards · 8.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 3/4" left over

    1. Long Table Skirts Oak — 40"
    2. Long Table Skirts Oak — 40"

  2. Board 2 · 14 3/4" left over

    1. Long Table Skirts Oak — 40"
    2. Long Table Skirts Oak — 40"

  3. Board 3 · 14 3/4" left over

    1. Long Table Skirts Oak — 40"
    2. Long Table Skirts Oak — 40"

  4. Board 4 · 2 3/8" left over

    1. Center Front Table Skirt Oak — 28"
    2. Short Table Skirts Oak — 16"
    3. Short Table Skirts Oak — 16"
    4. Short Table Skirts Oak — 16"
    5. Short Table Skirts Oak — 16"

  5. Board 5 · 62 3/4" left over

    1. Short Table Skirts Oak — 16"
    2. Short Table Skirts Oak — 16"

3/4" × 3"

5 boards · 7.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    2. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    3. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"

  2. Board 2 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    2. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    3. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"

  3. Board 3 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    2. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    3. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"

  4. Board 4 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    2. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    3. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"

  5. Board 5 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    2. Center Front Table Legs Oak ripped 45 degrees — 29"
    3. Center Front Table Legs Oak ripped 45 degrees — 29"

3/4" × 2"

4 boards · 3.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    2. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    3. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"

  2. Board 2 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    2. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    3. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"

  3. Board 3 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    2. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    3. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"

  4. Board 4 · 36 3/4" left over

    1. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"
    2. Regular Table Legs Oak — 29"

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.