Laundry Basket Dresser — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Metal angle

1 board · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 99% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/4" left over
15 1/2"15 1/2"15 1/2"15 1/2"15 1/2"15 1/2"
1. Basket rails — 15 1/2"
2. Basket rails — 15 1/2"
3. Basket rails — 15 1/2"
4. Basket rails — 15 1/2"
5. Basket rails — 15 1/2"
6. Basket rails — 15 1/2"

3/4" × 15 1/2" — 3/4" plywood

2 boards · 11.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 24 1/4" left over
35 1/4"35 1/4"
1. Sides — 35 1/4"
2. Sides — 35 1/4"
Board 2 · 44 1/4" left over
26"24 1/2"
1. Top — 26"
2. Bottom — 24 1/2"

1/4" × 25 3/4" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over
36"
1. Back — 36"

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.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Metal angle

Board 1 · 1 1/4" left over

3/4" × 15 1/2" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 24 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 44 1/4" left over

1/4" × 25 3/4" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over