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Modern Farmhouse Table — board plan

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

Buy 15 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 7"

5 boards · 15.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 18 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 76"

  2. Board 2 · 18 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 76"

  3. Board 3 · 18 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 76"

  4. Board 4 · 18 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 76"

  5. Board 5 · 18 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 76"

3/4" × 3"

10 boards · 14.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 11 3/4" left over

    1. Long Rail — 52"
    2. Angle Stretcher — 31"

  2. Board 2 · 11 3/4" left over

    1. Long Rail — 52"
    2. Angle Stretcher — 31"

  3. Board 3 · 11 3/4" left over

    1. Center Stretcher — 52"
    2. Angle Stretcher — 31"

  4. Board 4 · 11 3/4" left over

    1. Center Stretcher — 52"
    2. Angle Stretcher — 31"

  5. Board 5 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Leg — 29"
    2. Leg — 29"
    3. Leg — 29"

  6. Board 6 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Leg — 29"
    2. Leg — 29"
    3. Leg — 29"

  7. Board 7 · 8 5/8" left over

    1. Leg — 29"
    2. Leg — 29"
    3. Center Rail — 28"

  8. Board 8 · 13 5/8" left over

    1. End Stretcher — 27"
    2. End Stretcher — 27"
    3. End Stretcher — 27"

  9. Board 9 · 21 5/8" left over

    1. End Stretcher — 27"
    2. Short Rail — 23"
    3. Short Rail — 23"

  10. Board 10 · 48 3/4" left over

    1. Short Rail — 23"
    2. Short Rail — 23"

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.