Little Kids Picnic Table — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

2 boards · 5.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over
31"31"31"
1. Tabletop and seat boards — 31"
2. Tabletop and seat boards — 31"
3. Tabletop and seat boards — 31"
Board 2 · 32 3/4" left over
31"31"
1. Tabletop and seat boards — 31"
2. Tabletop and seat boards — 31"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

3 boards · 3.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over
35 1/2"35 1/2"22"
1. Seat stringers — 35 1/2"
2. Seat stringers — 35 1/2"
3. Legs — 22"
Board 2 · 2" left over
26 1/2"22"22"22"
1. Center support — 26 1/2"
2. Legs — 22"
3. Legs — 22"
4. Legs — 22"
Board 3 · 59 3/4" left over
17 1/2"17 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 32% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 65 3/4" left over
14 1/2"14 1/2"
1. Cross supports — 14 1/2"
2. Cross supports — 14 1/2"

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" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 32 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 2" left over

Board 3 · 59 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 65 3/4" left over