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Kids’ Step Stool — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 18% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 78 3/4" left over

    1. Center Side — 8"
    2. Center Side — 8"

3/4" × 3"

1 board · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 11 1/8" left over

    1. Outer Seat — 13"
    2. Outer Seat — 13"
    3. Center Seat — 13"
    4. Outer Side — 11"
    5. Outer Side — 11"
    6. Outer Side — 11"
    7. Outer Side — 11"

3/4" × 2"

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

  1. Board 1 · 81 7/8" left over

    1. Seat Support — 13"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 12% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 84 3/4" left over

    1. Side Handles — 5"
    2. Side Handles — 5"

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.