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Kreg Foreman Mobile Cart — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 30"

1 board · 11.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 30 3/4" left over

    1. Cart Sides — 32"
    2. Cart Sides — 32"

3/4" × 20"

1 board · 7.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 30 3/4" left over

    1. Cart top/bottom — 32"
    2. Cart top/bottom — 32"

3/4" × 12"

1 board · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 43% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 54 3/4" left over

    1. Middle/bottom drawer fronts — 20"
    2. Middle/bottom drawer fronts — 20"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 22% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 74 7/8" left over

    1. Top drawer front — 20"

3/4" × 4"

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 58 3/4" left over

    1. Cart supports — 18"
    2. Cart supports — 18"

1/2" × 16"

1 board · 3.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 43 5/8" left over

    1. Drawer bottoms — 17"
    2. Drawer bottoms — 17"
    3. Drawer bottoms — 17"

1/2" × 10"

2 boards · 5.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 3/8" left over

    1. Middle/bottom drawer sides — 16"
    2. Middle/bottom drawer sides — 16"
    3. Middle/bottom drawer sides — 16"
    4. Middle/bottom drawer sides — 16"
    5. Top/bottom drawer fronts/backs — 16"

  2. Board 2 · 46 5/8" left over

    1. Top/bottom drawer fronts/backs — 16"
    2. Top/bottom drawer fronts/backs — 16"
    3. Top/bottom drawer fronts/backs — 16"

1/2" × 5"

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 30 1/2" left over

    1. Top drawer sides — 16"
    2. Top drawer sides — 16"
    3. Top drawer front/back — 16"
    4. Top drawer front/back — 16"

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.