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Mid-Century Modern Desk — board plan

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

Buy 15 boards at 8 ft.

3" × 20"

1 board · 42.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Top Panel — 46"
    2. Bottom Panel — 42"

3" × 17"

1 board · 14.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 58 3/4" left over

    1. Cabinet Side Panel — 18"
    2. Cabinet Side Panel — 18"

3" × 14"

1 board · 22.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 26 1/2" left over

    1. Cabinet Top/Bottom Panel — 17"
    2. Cabinet Top/Bottom Panel — 17"
    3. Shelf Panel — 17"
    4. Door — 17"

3" × 4"

1 board · 8.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 3/8" left over

    1. Back 2 — 23"
    2. Divider Panel — 17"
    3. Divider Panel — 17"
    4. Divider Panel — 17"
    5. Back 1 — 14"

3" × 3"

1 board · 5.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 22 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer 2 Front — 23"
    2. Drawer 2 Back — 22"
    3. Drawer 1 Front — 14"
    4. Drawer 1 Back — 13"

1" × 14"

1 board · 2.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 24% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 72 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer 2 Bottom — 22"

1" × 13"

1 board · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 16% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 80 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer 1 Bottom — 14"

1" × 3"

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 18 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Side — 19"
    2. Drawer Side — 19"
    3. Drawer Side — 19"
    4. Drawer Side — 19"

3/4" × 14"

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 19% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 77 7/8" left over

    1. Cabinet Back — 17"

3/4" × 1"

6 boards · 3.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 97% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 7/8" left over

    1. Top Long Edging — 94"

  2. Board 2 · 7/8" left over

    1. Top Long Edging — 94"

  3. Board 3 · 5/8" left over

    1. Bottom Long Edging — 45"
    2. Bottom Long Edging — 45"
    3. Divider Edging — 4"

  4. Board 4 · 1 1/4" left over

    1. Rail — 41"
    2. End Edging — 20"
    3. End Edging — 20"
    4. Divider Edging — 4"
    5. Divider Edging — 4"
    6. Divider Edging — 4"

  5. Board 5 · 3/8" left over

    1. End Edging — 20"
    2. End Edging — 20"
    3. Side Edging — 18"
    4. Side Edging — 18"
    5. Side Edging — 18"

  6. Board 6 · 12 1/8" left over

    1. Side Edging — 18"
    2. Cabinet Top/Bottom Edging — 14"
    3. Cabinet Top/Bottom Edging — 14"
    4. Cabinet Top/Bottom Edging — 14"
    5. Shelf Edging — 14"
    6. Divider Edging — 4"
    7. Divider Edging — 4"

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.