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Kreg Workbench with Drawer — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 19"

1 board · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 29% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 67 7/8" left over

    1. Bottom Shelf — 27"

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 8 1/2" left over

    1. Back Panel — 27"
    2. Drawer Front — 23"
    3. Drawer Braces — 18"
    4. Drawer Braces — 18"

3/4" × 4"

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 20 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Box Front/Back Pieces — 21"
    2. Drawer Box Front/Back Pieces — 21"
    3. Drawer Box Sides — 16"
    4. Drawer Box Sides — 16"

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. Front Spacer Blocks — 5"
    2. Front Spacer Blocks — 5"

1/4" × 16"

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 71 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer Bottom — 23"

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.