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Kitchen Hutch — board plan

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

Buy 17 boards at 8 ft.

2" × 2"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 62 1/2" left over

    1. Legs — 8"
    2. Legs — 8"
    3. Legs — 8"
    4. Legs — 8"

3/4" × 23"

3 boards · 30.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 28 7/8" left over

    1. Side Panel — 66"

  2. Board 2 · 28 7/8" left over

    1. Side Panel — 66"

  3. Board 3 · 2 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom Panel — 46"
    2. Top Panel — 46"

3/4" × 22"

1 board · 5.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 47% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 50 3/4" left over

    1. Lower Shelf — 22"
    2. Lower Shelf — 22"

3/4" × 21"

1 board · 2.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 24% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 72 7/8" left over

    1. Lower Divider — 22"

3/4" × 10"

2 boards · 8.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 73% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 3/4" left over

    1. Upper Shelf — 46"
    2. Upper Shelf — 46"

  2. Board 2 · 48 7/8" left over

    1. Upper Shelf — 46"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 5/8" left over

    1. Long Rail — 42"
    2. Long Rail — 42"
    3. Corner Brace — 6"

  2. Board 2 · 40 3/8" left over

    1. Short Rail — 18"
    2. Short Rail — 18"
    3. Corner Brace — 6"
    4. Corner Brace — 6"
    5. Corner Brace — 6"

1/4" × 47"

1 board · 6.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 29 7/8" left over

    1. Back Panel — 65"

1/4" × 21"

1 board · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 49% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 48 3/4" left over

    1. Door — 23"
    2. Door — 23"

1/4" × 1/4"

5 boards · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Long Door Track — 23"
    2. Long Door Track — 23"
    3. Long Door Track — 23"
    4. Long Door Track — 23"

  2. Board 2 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Long Door Track — 23"
    2. Long Door Track — 23"
    3. Long Door Track — 23"
    4. Long Door Track — 23"

  3. Board 3 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Long Door Track — 23"
    2. Long Door Track — 23"
    3. Long Door Track — 23"
    4. Long Door Track — 23"

  4. Board 4 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. Short Door Track — 22"
    2. Short Door Track — 22"
    3. Short Door Track — 22"
    4. Short Door Track — 22"

  5. Board 5 · 50 3/4" left over

    1. Short Door Track — 22"
    2. Short Door Track — 22"

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.