Multi Guitar Stand — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

1 board · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 61% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 37 1/4" left over
28 3/4"28 3/4"
1. Vertical leg supports — 28 3/4"
2. Vertical leg supports — 28 3/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

2 boards · 2.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 53% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 5/8" left over
35"35"15"
1. Top rail / neck support stock — 35"
2. Top rail / neck support stock — 35"
3. Base sides — 15"
Board 2 · 79 7/8" left over
15"
1. Base sides — 15"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 71% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 27 3/4" left over
33 1/2"33 1/2"
1. Base cross pieces — 33 1/2"
2. Base cross pieces — 33 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" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

Board 1 · 37 1/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

Board 1 · 9 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 79 7/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

Board 1 · 27 3/4" left over