Ladder Table — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

3 boards · 2.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8" left over
22 1/4"22 1/4"21"21"
1. Front legs — 22 1/4"
2. Front legs — 22 1/4"
3. Back legs — 21"
4. Back legs — 21"
Board 2 · 10 1/8" left over
14"14"14"10 1/2"10 1/2"10 1/2"10 1/2"
1. Top shelf boards — 14"
2. Top shelf boards — 14"
3. Top shelf boards — 14"
4. Bottom shelf boards — 10 1/2"
5. Bottom shelf boards — 10 1/2"
6. Bottom shelf boards — 10 1/2"
7. Bottom shelf boards — 10 1/2"
Board 3 · 84 3/8" left over
10 1/2"
1. Bottom shelf boards — 10 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 18 7/8" left over
10 1/2"10 1/2"10 1/2"10 1/2"9"9"5"5"5"
1. Top/bottom shelf supports (long) — 10 1/2"
2. Top/bottom shelf supports (long) — 10 1/2"
3. Top/bottom shelf supports (long) — 10 1/2"
4. Top/bottom shelf supports (long) — 10 1/2"
5. Bottom shelf supports (short) — 9"
6. Bottom shelf supports (short) — 9"
7. Top shelf supports (short) — 5"
8. Top shelf supports (short) —

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" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 8" left over

Board 2 · 10 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 84 3/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 18 7/8" left over