Industrial Adjustable-Height Bolt Bar Stool — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 12" — Laminated round blank

1 board · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 14% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 82 7/8" left over
12"
1. Seat — 12"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

2 boards · 2.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/2" left over
23 1/2"23 1/2"23 1/2"23 1/2"
1. Legs — 23 1/2"
2. Legs — 23 1/2"
3. Legs — 23 1/2"
4. Legs — 23 1/2"
Board 2 · 30 3/4" left over
12 1/2"12 1/2"9 5/8"9 5/8"9 5/8"9 5/8"
1. Top stretchers — 12 1/2"
2. Top stretchers — 12 1/2"
3. Footrest cross supports — 9 5/8"
4. Footrest cross supports — 9 5/8"
5. Footrest cross supports — 9 5/8"
6. Footrest cross supports — 9 5/8"

3/4" × 8 1/2" — 3/4" plywood scrap

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 10% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 86 3/8" left over
8 1/2"
1. Top mounting plate — 8 1/2"

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" × 12" — Laminated round blank

Board 1 · 82 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 30 3/4" left over

3/4" × 8 1/2" — 3/4" plywood scrap

Board 1 · 86 3/8" left over