Modern Cedar Fence Picket Birdhouse — board plan

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

Buy 1 board at 8 ft.

1/2" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 37% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 60 1/4" left over
8 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5"4 3/4"4 3/4"
1. Back — 8 1/2"
2. Top and bottom — 5 1/2"
3. Top and bottom — 5 1/2"
4. Front — 5"
5. Sides — 4 3/4"
6. Sides — 4 3/4"

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.

1/2" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

Board 1 · 60 1/4" left over