Minimalist Modern Dining Table — board plan

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

Buy 19 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8, 10 ft, kiln dried

3 boards · 10.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 1/8" left over
29 1/2"29 1/2"29 1/2"
1. Legs, 1x8 half — 29 1/2"
2. Legs, 1x8 half — 29 1/2"
3. Legs, 1x8 half — 29 1/2"
Board 2 · 6 1/8" left over
29 1/2"29 1/2"29 1/2"
1. Legs, 1x8 half — 29 1/2"
2. Legs, 1x8 half — 29 1/2"
3. Legs, 1x8 half — 29 1/2"
Board 3 · 35 3/4" left over
29 1/2"29 1/2"
1. Legs, 1x8 half — 29 1/2"
2. Legs, 1x8 half — 29 1/2"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6, 10 ft, kiln dried

11 boards · 28.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 17 7/8" left over
77"
1. Tabletop boards — 77"
Board 2 · 17 7/8" left over
77"
1. Tabletop boards — 77"
Board 3 · 17 7/8" left over
77"
1. Tabletop boards — 77"
Board 4 · 17 7/8" left over
77"
1. Tabletop boards — 77"
Board 5 · 17 7/8" left over
77"
1. Tabletop boards — 77"
Board 6 · 17 7/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3, 8 ft

5 boards · 6.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 94% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over
76"14"
1. Apron sides — 76"
2. Leg supports — 14"
Board 2 · 4 3/4" left over
76"14"
1. Apron sides — 76"
2. Leg supports — 14"
Board 3 · 6 1/4" left over
74 1/2"14"
1. Inner supports — 74 1/2"
2. Leg supports — 14"
Board 4 · 6 1/4" left over
74 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.

Minimalist Modern Dining Table — board plan

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8, 10 ft, kiln dried

Board 1 · 6 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 6 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 35 3/4" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6, 10 ft, kiln dried

Board 1 · 17 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 17 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 17 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 17 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 17 7/8" left over

Board 6 · 17 7/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3, 8 ft

Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 4 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 6 1/4" left over

Board 4 · 6 1/4" left over

Board 7 · 17 7/8" left over

Board 8 · 17 7/8" left over

Board 9 · 6 7/8" left over

Board 10 · 6 7/8" left over

Board 11 · 36 1/4" left over

Board 5 · 7 3/4" left over