Littlest Helper Tower — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 7 1/4" — Pine 1x8

1 board · 3.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 10 3/8" left over
18"18"16 1/2"16 1/2"15"
1. Platform — 18"
2. Platform — 18"
3. Front and back sides — 16 1/2"
4. Front and back sides — 16 1/2"
5. Arches — 15"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 99% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1" left over
24"24"16 1/2"16 1/2"3"3"3"3"
1. Tip resistors, long — 24"
2. Tip resistors, long — 24"
3. Top supports — 16 1/2"
4. Top supports — 16 1/2"
5. Tip resistors, short — 3"
6. Tip resistors, short — 3"
7. Tip resistors, short — 3"
8. Tip resistors, short — 3"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

4 boards · 3.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 1/8" left over
38"38"16 1/2"
1. Legs — 38"
2. Legs — 38"
3. Bottom supports — 16 1/2"
Board 2 · 2 1/8" left over
38"38"16 1/2"
1. Legs — 38"
2. Legs — 38"
3. Bottom supports — 16 1/2"
Board 3 · 4 1/4" left over
15"15"15"

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" × 7 1/4" — Pine 1x8

Board 1 · 10 3/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

Board 1 · 1" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

Board 1 · 2 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 2 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 4 1/4" left over

Board 4 · 34 1/2" left over