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Modern Dollhouse Bookcase — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 10% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 86 3/4" left over

    1. Chimney pieces — 4"
    2. Chimney pieces — 4"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 3.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 13 3/4" left over

    1. Shelving pieces — 8"
    2. Shelving pieces — 8"
    3. Shelving pieces — 8"
    4. Side pieces — 8"
    5. Side pieces — 8"
    6. Shelving dividers — 8"
    7. Shelving dividers — 8"
    8. Shelving dividers — 8"
    9. Roof pieces — 8"
    10. Roof pieces — 8"

1/2" × 1"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 38 5/8" left over

    1. Front trim piece — 42"
    2. Side trim pieces — 7"
    3. Side trim pieces — 7"

1/4" × 19"

1 board · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 43% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 54 7/8" left over

    1. Bottom-Back Plywood — 40"

1/4" × 16"

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 43% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 54 7/8" left over

    1. Top-Back Plywood (Cut to Roof Shape) — 40"

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.