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Mission Style Bedroom Lamp — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 6% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 89 7/8" left over

    1. Lower board bottom assembly — 5"

3/4" × 4"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 10% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 86 3/4" left over

    1. Top and upper board of the bottom assembly — 4"
    2. Top and upper board of the bottom assembly — 4"

3/4" × 3"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 8% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 88 3/4" left over

    1. Pedestal ends — 3"
    2. Pedestal ends — 3"

3/4" × 3/4"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 59% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 39 3/8" left over

    1. Spindles for pedestal — 11"
    2. Spindles for pedestal — 11"
    3. Spindles for pedestal — 11"
    4. Spindles for pedestal — 11"
    5. Spindles for pedestal — 11"

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.