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Kids Cedar Picnic Set — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 4"

6 boards · 16.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 48"
    2. Bench Top Boards — 40"

  2. Board 2 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 48"
    2. Bench Top Boards — 40"

  3. Board 3 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 48"
    2. Bench Top Boards — 40"

  4. Board 4 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 48"
    2. Bench Top Boards — 40"

  5. Board 5 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 48"
    2. Bench Top Boards — 40"

  6. Board 6 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 48"
    2. Bench Top Boards — 40"

1" × 3"

5 boards · 10.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 94% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1/2" left over

    1. Table Legs — 28"
    2. Table Legs — 28"
    3. Table Legs — 28"
    4. Bench Top Supports — 10"

  2. Board 2 · 1 1/2" left over

    1. Table Legs — 28"
    2. Table Leg Supports — 22"
    3. Table Leg Supports — 22"
    4. Table Top Supports — 21"

  3. Board 3 · 1 3/8" left over

    1. Table Top Supports — 21"
    2. Table Top Supports — 21"
    3. Bench Leg Supports — 17"
    4. Bench Leg Supports — 17"
    5. Bench Leg Supports — 17"

  4. Board 4 · 5 1/8" left over

    1. Bench Leg Supports — 17"
    2. Bench Legs — 12"
    3. Bench Legs — 12"
    4. Bench Legs — 12"
    5. Bench Legs — 12"
    6. Bench Legs — 12"
    7. Bench Legs — 12"

  5. Board 5 · 20 1/8" left over

    1. Bench Legs — 12"
    2. Bench Legs — 12"
    3. Bench Top Supports — 10"
    4. Bench Top Supports — 10"
    5. Bench Top Supports — 10"
    6. Bench Top Supports — 10"
    7. Bench Top Supports — 10"

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.