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Modern Line Nightstand — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

3 boards · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. Mitered front legs top & bottom — 23"
    2. Mitered front legs top & bottom — 23"
    3. Back legs top & bottom — 21"
    4. Back legs top & bottom — 21"

  2. Board 2 · 8 1/4" left over

    1. Mitered front legs sides — 14 1/2"
    2. Mitered front legs sides — 14 1/2"
    3. Back legs sides — 14 1/2"
    4. Back legs sides — 14 1/2"
    5. Cross pieces for legs — 14"
    6. Cross pieces for legs — 14"

  3. Board 3 · 66 3/4" left over

    1. Cross pieces for legs — 14"
    2. Cross pieces for legs — 14"

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 4.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 49% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 48 3/4" left over

    1. Nightstand top — 23"
    2. Nightstand bottom — 23"

3/4" × 10 1/2"

1 board · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 62 3/4" left over

    1. Nightstand sides — 16"
    2. Nightstand sides — 16"

3/4" × 4 3/8"

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 46% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 52 1/8" left over

    1. Drawer front — 21 5/16"
    2. Drawer front — 21 5/16"

3/4" × 3 1/2"

2 boards · 2.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 70% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 3/8" left over

    1. Drawer front & back — 19"
    2. Drawer front & back — 19"
    3. Drawer front & back — 19"
    4. Drawer front & back — 19"
    5. Drawer sides — 14"

  2. Board 2 · 52 5/8" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 14"
    2. Drawer sides — 14"
    3. Drawer sides — 14"

1/4" × 13 7/16"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 42% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 55 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer bottom — 19 1/2"
    2. Drawer bottom — 19 1/2"

1/4" × 9 1/2"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 24% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 72 7/8" left over

    1. Nightstand back — 22"

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.