Modern Play Table with Storage — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 24" — 3/4" plywood/MDF

1 board · 5.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 43% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 54 7/8" left over
40"
1. Tabletop — 40"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

5 boards · 9.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 20 1/4" left over
50 1/2"24"
1. Side aprons — 50 1/2"
2. Tray boards — 24"
Board 2 · 20 1/4" left over
50 1/2"24"
1. Side aprons — 50 1/2"
2. Tray boards — 24"
Board 3 · 0" left over
24"24"24"22 1/2"
1. Tray boards — 24"
2. Tray boards — 24"
3. Tray boards — 24"
4. Legs (from apron boards) — 22 1/2"
Board 4 · 3/4" left over
24"23 1/4"23 1/4"23 1/4"
1. Tray boards — 24"
2. Legs — 23 1/4"
3. Legs — 23 1/4"
4. Legs — 23 1/4"
Board 5 · 3 3/4" left over
23 1/4"22 1/2"22 1/2"22 1/2"
1. Legs — 23 1/4"
2. Legs (from apron boards) — 22 1/2"
3. Legs (from apron boards) — 22 1/2"
4. Legs (from apron boards) — 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.

3/4" × 24" — 3/4" plywood/MDF

Board 1 · 54 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 20 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 20 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 0" left over

Board 4 · 3/4" left over

Board 5 · 3 3/4" left over