Modern Farm Table (Pocket Hole Plan) — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6

2 boards · 7.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 5/8" left over
30"30"30"
1. Legs — 30"
2. Legs — 30"
3. Legs — 30"
Board 2 · 64 7/8" left over
30"
1. Legs — 30"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

3 boards · 11.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 96% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over
69"22"
1. Side aprons — 69"
2. Leg braces — 22"
Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over
69"22"
1. Side aprons — 69"
2. Leg braces — 22"
Board 3 · 4 5/8" left over
30"30"30"
1. Inside supports — 30"
2. Inside supports — 30"
3. Inside supports — 30"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

6 boards · 14.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 75% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop boards, long — 72"
Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop boards, long — 72"
Board 3 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop boards, long — 72"
Board 4 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Tabletop boards, long — 72"
Board 5 · 25 7/8" left over
69"
1. Tabletop boards, short (ends) — 69"

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 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6

Board 1 · 4 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 64 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 4 5/8" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 25 7/8" left over

Board 6 · 25 7/8" left over