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Outdoor Bar / Potting Bench / BBQ Prep Station — board plan

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

Buy 19 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 5"

8 boards · 25.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over

    1. Top Shelf — 60"
    2. Mid Shelf — 26"

  2. Board 2 · 8 3/4" left over

    1. Top Shelf — 60"
    2. Mid Shelf — 26"

  3. Board 3 · 8 3/4" left over

    1. Top Shelf — 60"
    2. Mid Shelf — 26"

  4. Board 4 · 3 5/8" left over

    1. Bottom Shelf — 59"
    2. Planter Boards — 16"
    3. Planter Boards — 16"

  5. Board 5 · 3 5/8" left over

    1. Bottom Shelf — 59"
    2. Planter Boards — 16"
    3. Planter Boards — 16"

  6. Board 6 · 3 5/8" left over

    1. Bottom Shelf — 59"
    2. Planter Boards — 16"
    3. Planter Boards — 16"

  7. Board 7 · 14 3/8" left over

    1. Planter Boards — 16"
    2. Planter Boards — 16"
    3. Planter Boards — 16"
    4. Planter Boards — 16"
    5. Planter Boards — 16"

  8. Board 8 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Planter Boards — 16"

1" × 2"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 34 1/2" left over

    1. Trim — 16 1/2"
    2. Trim — 15"
    3. Trim — 15"
    4. Trim — 13 1/2"

1" × 1"

10 boards · 7.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over

    1. Span Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 56"
    2. Main Legs — 35"

  2. Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over

    1. Span Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 56"
    2. Main Legs — 35"

  3. Board 3 · 3 3/4" left over

    1. Span Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 56"
    2. Main Legs — 35"

  4. Board 4 · 3 3/4" left over

    1. Span Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 56"
    2. Main Legs — 35"

  5. Board 5 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Angled Boards — 30"
    2. Angled Boards — 30"
    3. Midpoint Verticals w/2 pocket holes on each end — 27"

  6. Board 6 · 1 1/2" left over

    1. Midpoint Verticals w/2 pocket holes on each end — 27"
    2. Shelf Horizontals w/2 pocket holes on each end — 23"
    3. Shelf Horizontals w/2 pocket holes on each end — 23"
    4. Planter Outside Legs — 20"

  7. Board 7 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Planter Outside Legs — 20"
    2. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    3. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    4. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    5. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    6. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"

  8. Board 8 · 13 1/4" left over

    1. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    2. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    3. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    4. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    5. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    6. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"

  9. Board 9 · 13 1/4" left over

    1. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    2. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    3. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    4. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    5. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    6. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"

  10. Board 10 · 13 1/4" left over

    1. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    2. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    3. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    4. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    5. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 13 1/2"
    6. 13.5" Boards w/2 pocket holes on each end — 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.