Kids' Wooden Wheelbarrow — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 44% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 54" left over
12 1/4"12 1/4"8"8"
1. Bucket long sides — 12 1/4"
2. Bucket long sides — 12 1/4"
3. Bucket ends — 8"
4. Bucket ends — 8"

3/4" × 4" — 1x material (if not buying pre-made)

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 5% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 90 7/8" left over
4"
1. Wheel — 4"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 33 1/4" left over
21 1/2"21 1/2"5"5"5"3"
1. Handles — 21 1/2"
2. Handles — 21 1/2"
3. Legs — 5"
4. Legs — 5"
5. Long frame support — 5"
6. Short frame support — 3"

1/4" × 9 1/2" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 12% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 84 3/8" left over
10 1/2"
1. Bucket base — 10 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.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 54" left over

3/4" × 4" — 1x material (if not buying pre-made)

Board 1 · 90 7/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 33 1/4" left over

1/4" × 9 1/2" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 84 3/8" left over