Modern Industrial Round Table — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4

2 boards · 13.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 75% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5 3/8" left over
29 3/4"29 3/4"29 3/4"
1. Main leg pieces — 29 3/4"
2. Main leg pieces — 29 3/4"
3. Main leg pieces — 29 3/4"
Board 2 · 43 1/4" left over
17 1/8"17 1/8"17 1/8"
1. Leg foot pieces — 17 1/8"
2. Leg foot pieces — 17 1/8"
3. Leg foot pieces — 17 1/8"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

2 boards · 5.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 1/2" left over
22 1/2"22 1/2"22 1/2"22 1/2"
1. Top leg pieces — 22 1/2"
2. Top leg pieces — 22 1/2"
3. Top leg pieces — 22 1/2"
4. Top leg pieces — 22 1/2"
Board 2 · 49 3/4" left over
22 1/2"22 1/2"
1. Top leg pieces — 22 1/2"
2. Top leg pieces — 22 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 · 5 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 43 1/4" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 4 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 49 3/4" left over