Kids' Trestle Craft Table with Storage — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 50% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 47 3/4" left over
23 1/2"23 1/2"
1. Foot/trestle supports — 23 1/2"
2. Foot/trestle supports — 23 1/2"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 50% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 47 3/4" left over
23 1/2"23 1/2"
1. Tabletop supports — 23 1/2"
2. Tabletop supports — 23 1/2"

3/4" × 24" — Project panel or plywood/MDF

1 board · 6.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Tabletop — 48"

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine

2 boards · 9.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 74% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3/8" left over
36"36"22 1/4"
1. Cubby top and bottom — 36"
2. Cubby top and bottom — 36"
3. Trestle sides (feet) — 22 1/4"
Board 2 · 49 3/8" left over
22 1/4"11 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Trestle sides (feet) — 22 1/4"
2. Cubby divider — 11 1/2"
3. Cubby divider — 11 1/2"

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.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 47 3/4" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 47 3/4" left over

3/4" × 24" — Project panel or plywood/MDF

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine

Board 1 · 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 49 3/8" left over