Outdoor Bar Stools — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

3 boards · 3.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 71% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 7/8" left over
29 1/4"29 1/4"29 1/4"
1. Legs — 29 1/4"
2. Legs — 29 1/4"
3. Legs — 29 1/4"
Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over
29 1/4"14 1/2"14 1/2"10 3/4"10 3/4"10 3/4"
1. Legs — 29 1/4"
2. Breadboard ends — 14 1/2"
3. Breadboard ends — 14 1/2"
4. Seat slats — 10 3/4"
5. Seat slats — 10 3/4"
6. Seat slats — 10 3/4"
Board 3 · 73 1/4" left over
10 3/4"10 3/4"
1. Seat slats — 10 3/4"
2. Seat slats — 10 3/4"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

2 boards · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over
13"13"13"13"12 3/4"12 3/4"12 3/4"
1. Seat side aprons — 13"
2. Seat side aprons — 13"
3. Bottom supports, long — 13"
4. Bottom supports, long — 13"
5. Seat end aprons — 12 3/4"
6. Seat end aprons — 12 3/4"
7. Bottom supports, short — 12 3/4"
Board 2 · 58 7/8" left over
12 3/4"11 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" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 6 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 73 1/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 58 7/8" left over