Mudroom Pullout Rolling Bench Cart — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 15 3/4" — 3/4" plywood

2 boards · 9.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"13 1/2"13 1/2"
1. Top and bottom shelf — 31 3/4"
2. Top and bottom shelf — 31 3/4"
3. Dividers — 13 1/2"
4. Dividers — 13 1/2"
Board 2 · 81 3/8" left over
13 1/2"
1. Dividers — 13 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 35 1/2" left over
14 3/4"14 3/4"14 3/4"14 3/4"
1. Stiffeners — 14 3/4"
2. Stiffeners — 14 3/4"
3. Stiffeners — 14 3/4"
4. Stiffeners — 14 3/4"

1/4" × 15" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 34% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 63 1/8" left over
31 3/4"
1. Back panel — 31 3/4"

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 3/4" — 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 4" left over

Board 2 · 81 3/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 35 1/2" left over

1/4" × 15" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 63 1/8" left over