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Industrial Media Console — board plan

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

Buy 23 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 2"

8 boards · 10.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3/4" left over

    1. Top rails — 72"
    2. Shelf front and back rails — 22"

  2. Board 2 · 3/4" left over

    1. Top rails — 72"
    2. Shelf front and back rails — 22"

  3. Board 3 · 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom rails — 69"
    2. Vertical front and back rails — 25"

  4. Board 4 · 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom rails — 69"
    2. Vertical front and back rails — 25"

  5. Board 5 · 13 5/8" left over

    1. Legs — 27"
    2. Legs — 27"
    3. Legs — 27"

  6. Board 6 · 1 1/2" left over

    1. Legs — 27"
    2. Vertical front and back rails — 25"
    3. Vertical front and back rails — 25"
    4. Top side rails and top boards — 16"

  7. Board 7 · 8 1/2" left over

    1. Shelf front and back rails — 22"
    2. Shelf front and back rails — 22"
    3. Small shelf front and back rails — 21"
    4. Small shelf front and back rails — 21"

  8. Board 8 · 46 5/8" left over

    1. Top side rails and top boards — 16"
    2. Top side rails and top boards — 16"
    3. Top side rails and top boards — 16"

1" × 1"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 5/8" left over

    1. Top board and bottom side rails — 16"
    2. Top board and bottom side rails — 16"
    3. Top board and bottom side rails — 16"

3/4" × 9"

1 board · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 45% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 52 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer fronts — 21"
    2. Drawer fronts — 21"

3/4" × 7"

2 boards · 6.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3/8" left over

    1. Long side drawer box — 19"
    2. Long side drawer box — 19"
    3. Long side drawer box — 19"
    4. Long side drawer box — 19"
    5. Short side drawer box — 18"

  2. Board 2 · 40 5/8" left over

    1. Short side drawer box — 18"
    2. Short side drawer box — 18"
    3. Short side drawer box — 18"

3/4" × 5"

9 boards · 23.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom boards — 69"
    2. Shelf boards — 23"

  2. Board 2 · 2 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom boards — 69"
    2. Shelf boards — 23"

  3. Board 3 · 2 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom boards — 69"
    2. Shelf boards — 23"

  4. Board 4 · 0" left over

    1. Vertical boards — 26"
    2. Vertical boards — 26"
    3. Vertical boards — 26"
    4. Wheel Leveling boards — 16 1/2"

  5. Board 5 · 0" left over

    1. Vertical boards — 26"
    2. Vertical boards — 26"
    3. Vertical boards — 26"
    4. Wheel Leveling boards — 16 1/2"

  6. Board 6 · 4 1/2" left over

    1. Shelf boards — 23"
    2. Shelf boards — 23"
    3. Shelf boards — 23"
    4. Small Shelf Boards — 21"

  7. Board 7 · 4 3/8" left over

    1. Small Shelf Boards — 21"
    2. Small Shelf Boards — 21"
    3. Top boards — 16"
    4. Top boards — 16"
    5. Top boards — 16"

  8. Board 8 · 14 3/8" left over

    1. Top boards — 16"
    2. Top boards — 16"
    3. Top boards — 16"
    4. Top boards — 16"
    5. Top boards — 16"

  9. Board 9 · 46 5/8" left over

    1. Top boards — 16"
    2. Top boards — 16"
    3. Top boards — 16"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 62 3/4" left over

    1. Shelf side rails — 16"
    2. Shelf side rails — 16"

1/4" × 18"

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 41% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 56 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer bottoms — 19"
    2. Drawer bottoms — 19"

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.