Mission-Style Dining Table — board plan

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

Buy 14 boards at 8 ft.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4

2 boards · 11.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7 5/8" left over
29"29"29"
1. Legs — 29"
2. Legs — 29"
3. Legs — 29"
Board 2 · 65 7/8" left over
29"
1. Legs — 29"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

2 boards · 4.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 11 1/8" left over
49 1/2"17"17"
1. Center stretcher — 49 1/2"
2. Side rails — 17"
3. Side rails — 17"
Board 2 · 60 3/4" left over
17"17"
1. Side rails — 17"
2. Side rails — 17"

3/4" × 26" — 3/4" plywood

1 board · 8.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 38 7/8" left over
56"
1. Tabletop panel — 56"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

2 boards · 3.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 1/2" left over
26"26"16 1/2"16 1/2"
1. Top cross supports — 26"
2. Top cross supports — 26"
3. Diamond slats — 16 1/2"
4. Diamond slats — 16 1/2"
Board 2 · 28 1/2" left over
16 1/2"16 1/2"16 1/2"16 1/2"
1. Diamond slats — 16 1/2"
2. Diamond slats — 16 1/2"
3. Diamond slats — 16 1/2"
4. Diamond slats — 16 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

4 boards · 3.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 3/4" left over
57 1/2"27 1/2"
1. Top frame, long — 57 1/2"
2. Top frame, short — 27 1/2"
Board 2 · 9 3/4" left over
57 1/2"27 1/2"
1. Top frame, long — 57 1/2"
2. Top frame, short — 27 1/2"
Board 3 · 12 3/4" left over
56"26"
1. Apron, long — 56"
2. Apron, short — 26"
Board 4 · 12 3/4" left over
56"

1/2" × 3 1/2" — Base molding

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 95% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5" left over
5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"

1/4" × 3/4" — Screen molding

2 boards · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 7/8" left over
5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 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.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4

Board 1 · 7 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 65 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 11 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 60 3/4" left over

3/4" × 26" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 38 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 9 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 28 1/2" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 9 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 9 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 12 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 12 3/4" left over

1/2" × 3 1/2" — Base molding

Board 1 · 5" left over

1/4" × 3/4" — Screen molding

Board 1 · 1 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 91 7/8" left over