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Kid’s Pull Down Table — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

2 boards · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 1/4" left over

    1. Stiles for frames — 16"
    2. Stiles for frames — 16"
    3. Stiles for frames — 16"
    4. Stiles for frames — 16"
    5. Stiles for frames — 16"
    6. Rails for frames — 11"

  2. Board 2 · 23 1/4" left over

    1. Stiles for frames — 16"
    2. Rails for frames — 11"
    3. Rails for frames — 11"
    4. Rails for frames — 11"
    5. Rails for frames — 11"
    6. Rails for frames — 11"

3/4" × 18"

1 board · 5.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 49% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 48 7/8" left over

    1. Table top — 46"

3/4" × 16"

2 boards · 13.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 5/8" left over

    1. Top and bottom of cabinet — 48"
    2. Sides — 20"
    3. Sides — 20"

  2. Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Top and bottom of cabinet — 48"

3/4" × 15"

1 board · 7.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 9 3/8" left over

    1. Dividers — 20"
    2. Dividers — 20"
    3. Shelves — 15"
    4. Shelves — 15"
    5. Shelves — 15"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over

    1. Rails for face frame — 43"
    2. Rails for face frame — 43"

  2. Board 2 · 52 3/4" left over

    1. Stiles for face frame — 21"
    2. Stiles for face frame — 21"

1/4" × 21"

1 board · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

    1. Back — 48"

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.