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Outdoor Coffee Table with 4 Hidden Side Tables — board plan

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

Buy 19 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3 1/2"

4 boards · 6.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 1/2" left over

    1. Top Long Sides — 29 1/2"
    2. Top Long Sides — 29 1/2"
    3. Top Short Sides and Middle — 22 1/2"
    4. Short Top Middle Pieces — 9 1/2"

  2. Board 2 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Top Short Sides and Middle — 22 1/2"
    2. Top Short Sides and Middle — 22 1/2"
    3. Side Table Long Top Pieces — 13 1/2"
    4. Side Table Long Top Pieces — 13 1/2"
    5. Side Table Long Top Pieces — 13 1/2"
    6. Side Table Short Top Pieces — 6 1/4"

  3. Board 3 · 4 1/2" left over

    1. Side Table Long Top Pieces — 13 1/2"
    2. Side Table Long Top Pieces — 13 1/2"
    3. Side Table Long Top Pieces — 13 1/2"
    4. Side Table Long Top Pieces — 13 1/2"
    5. Side Table Long Top Pieces — 13 1/2"
    6. Short Top Middle Pieces — 9 1/2"
    7. Side Table Short Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    8. Side Table Short Top Pieces — 6 1/4"

  4. Board 4 · 63 1/8" left over

    1. Side Table Short Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    2. Side Table Short Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    3. Side Table Short Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    4. Side Table Short Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    5. Side Table Short Top Pieces — 6 1/4"

3/4" × 2 1/2"

11 boards · 13.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/4" left over

    1. Coffee Table Long Stretchers — 23"
    2. Coffee Table Long Stretchers — 23"
    3. Coffee Table Legs — 17 1/2"
    4. Coffee Table Legs — 17 1/2"
    5. Coffee Table Short Stretchers — 11 1/8"

  2. Board 2 · 1" left over

    1. Coffee Table Legs — 17 1/2"
    2. Coffee Table Legs — 17 1/2"
    3. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    4. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    5. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    6. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"

  3. Board 3 · 1 7/8" left over

    1. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    2. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    3. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    4. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    5. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    6. Coffee Table Short Stretchers — 11 1/8"

  4. Board 4 · 1 7/8" left over

    1. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    2. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    3. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    4. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    5. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    6. Coffee Table Short Stretchers — 11 1/8"

  5. Board 5 · 5 3/4" left over

    1. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    2. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    3. Side Table Wide Legs — 16 1/4"
    4. Coffee Table Short Stretchers — 11 1/8"
    5. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"
    6. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"
    7. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"

  6. Board 6 · 2 1/4" left over

    1. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"
    2. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"
    3. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"
    4. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"
    5. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"
    6. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"
    7. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"
    8. Top Quadrant Pieces — 9 1/2"
    9. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    10. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"

  7. Board 7 · 1/2" left over

    1. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    2. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    3. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    4. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    5. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    6. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    7. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    8. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    9. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    10. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    11. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    12. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"

  8. Board 8 · 3" left over

    1. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    2. Side Table Narrow Rails — 7 3/4"
    3. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    4. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    5. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    6. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    7. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    8. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    9. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    10. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    11. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    12. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"

  9. Board 9 · 4 5/8" left over

    1. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    2. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    3. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    4. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    5. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    6. Side Table Wide Rails — 7 1/2"
    7. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    8. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    9. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    10. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    11. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    12. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    13. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"

  10. Board 10 · 5 3/4" left over

    1. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    2. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    3. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    4. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    5. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    6. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    7. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    8. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    9. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    10. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    11. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    12. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    13. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    14. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"

  11. Board 11 · 75 7/8" left over

    1. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    2. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"
    3. Side Table Middle Top Pieces — 6 1/4"

3/4" × 1 1/2"

4 boards · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 13 1/8" left over

    1. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    2. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    3. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    4. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    5. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"

  2. Board 2 · 13 1/8" left over

    1. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    2. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    3. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    4. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    5. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"

  3. Board 3 · 13 1/8" left over

    1. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    2. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    3. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    4. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"
    5. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"

  4. Board 4 · 78 5/8" left over

    1. Side Table Narrow Legs — 16 1/4"

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.