House-Shaped Craft Desk — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

6 boards · 8.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 3/4" left over
60"33"
1. Legs — 60"
2. Side connectors — 33"
Board 2 · 1 3/4" left over
60"33"
1. Legs — 60"
2. Side connectors — 33"
Board 3 · 14" left over
60"20 3/4"
1. Legs — 60"
2. Roof peak pieces — 20 3/4"
Board 4 · 14" left over
60"20 3/4"
1. Legs — 60"
2. Roof peak pieces — 20 3/4"
Board 5 · 12 1/2" left over
20 3/4"20 3/4"20 1/4"20 1/4"
1. Roof peak pieces — 20 3/4"
2. Roof peak pieces — 20 3/4"
3. Shelf supports — 20 1/4"
4. Shelf supports — 20 1/4"
Board 6 · 54 1/4" left over
20 1/4"20 1/4"
1. Shelf supports — 20 1/4"
2. Shelf supports — 20 1/4"

1 1/8" × 23 1/4" — Project panel

1 board · 15.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 3/4" left over
36"36"
1. Desktop and shelf panels — 36"
2. Desktop and shelf panels — 36"

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.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 1 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 1 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 14" left over

Board 4 · 14" left over

Board 5 · 12 1/2" left over

Board 6 · 54 1/4" left over

1 1/8" × 23 1/4" — Project panel

Board 1 · 22 3/4" left over