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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 37% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 60 7/8" left over

    1. Frame Bottom Rail — 34"

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 2.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 73% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 26 1/4" left over

    1. Bottom Shelf — 37"
    2. Top Shelf — 31 1/2"

3/4" × 1"

2 boards · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 52% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 26 3/4" left over

    1. Frame Stiles — 34"
    2. Frame Stiles — 34"

  2. Board 2 · 64 7/8" left over

    1. Frame Top Rail — 30"

1/2" × 5"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 22% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 74 1/2" left over

    1. Pencil Box Front — 5"
    2. Pencil Box Sides — 5"
    3. Pencil Box Sides — 5"
    4. Pencil Box Center — 5"

1/2" × 2"

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 6% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 89 7/8" left over

    1. Pencil Box Divider — 5"

1/2" × 1/2"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 33 3/8" left over

    1. Shelf Edge — 31"
    2. Shelf Long Divider — 15"
    3. Shelf Short Dividers — 5"
    4. Shelf Short Dividers — 5"
    5. Shelf Short Dividers — 5"

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.