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Laundry Hamper Bench — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

3 boards · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 13 5/8" left over

    1. Top Rails — 28"
    2. Top Rails — 28"
    3. Bottom Rails — 25"

  2. Board 2 · 3/8" left over

    1. Bottom Rails — 25"
    2. Legs — 18"
    3. Legs — 18"
    4. Legs — 18"
    5. Side Rails — 15"

  3. Board 3 · 31 1/2" left over

    1. Legs — 18"
    2. Side Rails — 15"
    3. Side Rails — 15"
    4. Side Rails — 15"

3/4" × 2"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 29 5/8" left over

    1. Bottom Front molding — 29"
    2. Bottom side molding — 18"
    3. Bottom side molding — 18"

3/4" × 1"

3 boards · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 66% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 1/2" left over

    1. Top Front Molding — 29"
    2. Top of Bench Rail — 26"
    3. Top side molding — 18"
    4. Top side molding — 18"

  2. Board 2 · 13 3/8" left over

    1. Top of Bench Rails — 18"
    2. Top of Bench Rails — 18"
    3. Top bench supports / Drawer slide rails — 15"
    4. Top bench supports / Drawer slide rails — 15"
    5. Top bench supports / Drawer slide rails — 15"

  3. Board 3 · 79 7/8" left over

    1. Top bench supports / Drawer slide rails — 15"

1/2" × 15"

1 board · 4.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 15 1/2" left over

    1. Plywood Bench Seat — 25"
    2. Drawer Front — 24"
    3. Plywood sides — 15"
    4. Plywood sides — 15"

1/2" × 8"

1 board · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 18 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Box Front and Back — 22"
    2. Drawer Box Front and Back — 22"
    3. Drawer Box Sides — 16"
    4. Drawer Box Sides — 16"

1/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 13 3/8" left over

    1. Lattice framing on Drawer — 24"
    2. Lattice framing on Drawer — 24"
    3. Lattice framing on Drawer — 11"
    4. Lattice framing on Drawer — 11"
    5. Lattice framing on Drawer — 11"

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.