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Hot Cocoa Bar — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 6 1/4"

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 29% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 67 7/8" left over

    1. Large Tier Top — 27"

1" × 4 3/4"

1 board · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 45% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 52 3/4" left over

    1. Medium Tier Top — 22"
    2. Small Tier Top — 20"

1" × 1"

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 98% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1 3/4" left over

    1. Large Tier Legs - side pieces — 7"
    2. Large Tier Legs - side pieces — 7"
    3. Large Tier Legs - side pieces — 7"
    4. Large Tier Legs - side pieces — 7"
    5. Medium Tier Legs - side pieces — 5"
    6. Medium Tier Legs - side pieces — 5"
    7. Medium Tier Legs - side pieces — 5"
    8. Medium Tier Legs - side pieces — 5"
    9. Large Tier Legs - top & bottom pieces 1"x1"x — 4 1/4"
    10. Large Tier Legs - top & bottom pieces 1"x1"x — 4 1/4"
    11. Large Tier Legs - top & bottom pieces 1"x1"x — 4 1/4"
    12. Large Tier Legs - top & bottom pieces 1"x1"x — 4 1/4"
    13. Small Tier Legs - bottom pieces — 2 3/4"
    14. Small Tier Legs - bottom pieces — 2 3/4"
    15. Medium Tier Legs - top & bottom pieces — 2 3/4"
    16. Medium Tier Legs - top & bottom pieces — 2 3/4"
    17. Medium Tier Legs - top & bottom pieces — 2 3/4"
    18. Medium Tier Legs - top & bottom pieces — 2 3/4"
    19. Small Tier Legs - side pieces — 2 1/4"
    20. Small Tier Legs - side pieces — 2 1/4"
    21. Small Tier Legs - side pieces — 2 1/4"
    22. Small Tier Legs - side pieces — 2 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.