Modular Office — Wide Bookshelf File Drawer — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 15 1/2" — 1x16 plywood

1 board · 3.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 40% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 57 3/8" left over
37 1/2"
1. Drawer bottom — 37 1/2"

3/4" × 9 1/4" — 1x10

2 boards · 5.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5 7/8" left over
38 1/4"36"14 1/2"
1. Drawer face — 38 1/4"
2. Drawer back — 36"
3. Drawer sides — 14 1/2"
Board 2 · 80 3/8" left over
14 1/2"
1. Drawer sides — 14 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" × 15 1/2" — 1x16 plywood

Board 1 · 57 3/8" left over

3/4" × 9 1/4" — 1x10

Board 1 · 5 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 80 3/8" left over