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Industrial Beverage Cart — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 10"

2 boards · 12.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 16 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf Bottoms — 26"
    2. Shelf Bottoms — 26"
    3. Shelf Bottoms — 26"

  2. Board 2 · 16 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf Bottoms — 26"
    2. Shelf Bottoms — 26"
    3. Shelf Bottoms — 26"

1" × 3"

3 boards · 4.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 16 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf Edge, Back — 26"
    2. Shelf Edge, Back — 26"
    3. Shelf Edge, Back — 26"

  2. Board 2 · 17 1/2" left over

    1. Shelf Edge, Sides — 19 1/4"
    2. Shelf Edge, Sides — 19 1/4"
    3. Shelf Edge, Sides — 19 1/4"
    4. Shelf Edge, Sides — 19 1/4"

  3. Board 3 · 56 1/4" left over

    1. Shelf Edge, Sides — 19 1/4"
    2. Shelf Edge, Sides — 19 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.