Simple 2x2-Framed Outdoor Coffee Table — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

3 boards · 4.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over
43"43"
1. Side aprons — 43"
2. Side aprons — 43"
Board 2 · 3 1/8" left over
19 1/2"19 1/2"19 1/2"19 1/2"13 1/4"
1. Supports — 19 1/2"
2. Supports — 19 1/2"
3. Supports — 19 1/2"
4. Supports — 19 1/2"
5. Legs — 13 1/4"
Board 3 · 35 1/4" left over
19 1/2"13 1/4"13 1/4"13 1/4"
1. Supports — 19 1/2"
2. Legs — 13 1/4"
3. Legs — 13 1/4"
4. Legs — 13 1/4"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

5 boards · 6.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over
43"43"
1. Tabletop boards — 43"
2. Tabletop boards — 43"
Board 2 · 8 3/4" left over
43"43"
1. Tabletop boards — 43"
2. Tabletop boards — 43"
Board 3 · 8 3/4" left over
43"43"
1. Tabletop boards — 43"
2. Tabletop boards — 43"
Board 4 · 8 3/4" left over
43"

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.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 3 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 35 1/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 8 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 8 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 8 3/4" left over

Board 5 · 2 5/8" left over