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Industrial Nightstand — board plan

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

Buy 13 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

4 boards · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 1/2" left over

    1. Top Front and Back Rails — 25"
    2. Top Front and Back Rails — 25"
    3. Legs — 23"
    4. Side Top and Bottom Rails — 18"

  2. Board 2 · 3 1/2" left over

    1. Legs — 23"
    2. Legs — 23"
    3. Legs — 23"
    4. Shelf Rails, Bottom Front and Back Rails — 22"

  3. Board 3 · 4 3/8" left over

    1. Shelf Rails, Bottom Front and Back Rails — 22"
    2. Shelf Rails, Bottom Front and Back Rails — 22"
    3. Shelf Rails, Bottom Front and Back Rails — 22"
    4. Side Top and Bottom Rails — 18"
    5. Mitered Accents — 6"

  4. Board 4 · 40 3/8" left over

    1. Side Top and Bottom Rails — 18"
    2. Side Top and Bottom Rails — 18"
    3. Mitered Accents — 6"
    4. Mitered Accents — 6"
    5. Mitered Accents — 6"

3/4" × 11"

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 23% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 73 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer Face — 21"

3/4" × 9"

1 board · 4.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 18 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Box Front and Back — 19"
    2. Drawer Box Front and Back — 19"
    3. Drawer Box Sides — 19"
    4. Drawer Box Sides — 19"

3/4" × 5"

3 boards · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 12 1/2" left over

    1. Shelf Boards — 23"
    2. Shelf Boards — 23"
    3. Top Boards — 18"
    4. Top Boards — 18"

  2. Board 2 · 10 3/8" left over

    1. Top Boards — 18"
    2. Top Boards — 18"
    3. Side Boards — 16"
    4. Side Boards — 16"
    5. Side Boards — 16"

  3. Board 3 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Side Boards — 16"

3/4" × 3"

2 boards · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 59% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3/8" left over

    1. Shelf Boards — 23"
    2. Shelf Boards — 23"
    3. Side Boards — 16"
    4. Side Boards — 16"
    5. Side Boards — 16"

  2. Board 2 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Side Boards — 16"

3/4" × 2"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 58 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer slide braces — 18"
    2. Drawer slide braces — 18"

1/4" × 19"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 23% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 73 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer Bottom — 21"

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.