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Nightstand With Drawers — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2"

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 17" left over

    1. Straight aprons — 11 1/2"
    2. Straight aprons — 11 1/2"
    3. Angled aprons — 11"
    4. Angled aprons — 11"
    5. Legs — 8"
    6. Legs — 8"
    7. Legs — 8"
    8. Legs — 8"

3/4" × 7 1/4"

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 31% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 1/4" left over

    1. Drawer face — 14 1/4"
    2. Drawer face — 14 1/4"

3/4" × 5 1/2"

2 boards · 3.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 52% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 1/8" left over

    1. Drawer side 1 — 12"
    2. Drawer side 1 — 12"
    3. Drawer side 1 — 12"
    4. Drawer side 1 — 12"
    5. Drawer side 2 — 12"
    6. Drawer side 2 — 12"
    7. Drawer side 2 — 12"

  2. Board 2 · 82 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer side 2 — 12"

3/4" × 4 1/2"

3 boards · 5.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 66% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 3/8" left over

    1. Top and bottom planks — 16"
    2. Top and bottom planks — 16"
    3. Top and bottom planks — 16"
    4. Top and bottom planks — 16"
    5. Top and bottom planks — 16"

  2. Board 2 · 3 7/8" left over

    1. Top and bottom planks — 16"
    2. Side planks — 14 7/8"
    3. Side planks — 14 7/8"
    4. Side planks — 14 7/8"
    5. Side planks — 14 7/8"
    6. Side planks — 14 7/8"

  3. Board 3 · 80" left over

    1. Side planks — 14 7/8"

1/4" × 13"

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 29% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 67 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer bottom — 13 1/2"
    2. Drawer bottom — 13 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.