Mini Bookshelf with Front Trim Legs — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12, 12 ft

2 boards · 8.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 14 1/8" left over
28 1/4"28 1/4"24"
1. Sides — 28 1/4"
2. Sides — 28 1/4"
3. Top, back piece — 24"
Board 2 · 53 3/4" left over
20 1/2"20 1/2"
1. Shelves — 20 1/2"
2. Shelves — 20 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2, 8 ft

3 boards · 2.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over
30 1/4"30 1/4"30 1/4"
1. Legs — 30 1/4"
2. Legs — 30 1/4"
3. Legs — 30 1/4"
Board 2 · 2 1/4" left over
30 1/4"24"19"19"
1. Legs — 30 1/4"
2. Top, front piece — 24"
3. Shelf trim — 19"
4. Shelf trim — 19"
Board 3 · 33 1/2" left over
19"19"

1/4" × 22" — 1/4" plywood or MDF, small piece

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 31% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 65 7/8" left over
29"
1. Back panel — 29"

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" × 11 1/4" — 1x12, 12 ft

Board 1 · 14 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 53 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2, 8 ft

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 2 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 33 1/2" left over

1/4" × 22" — 1/4" plywood or MDF, small piece

Board 1 · 65 7/8" left over