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Outdoor Coffee Table with Beverage Cooler — board plan

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

Buy 25 boards at 8 ft.

2" × 2"

7 boards · 18.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over

    1. Outer frame — 48"
    2. Insert frames — 36"
    3. Table top supports — 6"
    4. Table top supports — 3"

  2. Board 2 · 1 1/2" left over

    1. Outer frame — 48"
    2. Insert frames — 36"
    3. Table top supports — 6"
    4. Table top supports — 3"

  3. Board 3 · 3/4" left over

    1. Angle leg supports — 47"
    2. Angle leg supports — 47"

  4. Board 4 · 3/8" left over

    1. Angle leg supports — 26"
    2. Angle leg supports — 26"
    3. Insert frames — 23"
    4. Legs — 16"
    5. Table top supports — 3"

  5. Board 5 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Insert frames — 23"
    2. Outer frame — 23"
    3. Outer frame — 23"
    4. Cross leg supports — 23"

  6. Board 6 · 1" left over

    1. Cross leg supports — 23"
    2. Legs — 16"
    3. Legs — 16"
    4. Legs — 16"
    5. Table top supports — 6"
    6. Table top supports — 6"
    7. Insert support frame — 5"
    8. Insert support frame — 5"

  7. Board 7 · 81 5/8" left over

    1. Insert support frame — 5"
    2. Insert support frame — 5"
    3. Table top supports — 3"

1" × 2"

11 boards · 14.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 3/4" left over

    1. Table top planks — 46"
    2. Table top planks — 46"

  2. Board 2 · 8 3/4" left over

    1. Table top planks — 43"
    2. Table top planks — 43"

  3. Board 3 · 12 3/4" left over

    1. Table top planks — 41"
    2. Table top planks — 41"

  4. Board 4 · 2 5/8" left over

    1. Table top planks — 38"
    2. Table top planks — 38"
    3. Table top planks — 16"

  5. Board 5 · 5/8" left over

    1. Insert supports — 36"
    2. Insert supports — 36"
    3. Table top planks — 22"

  6. Board 6 · 2 5/8" left over

    1. Table top planks — 35"
    2. Table top planks — 35"
    3. Table top planks — 22"

  7. Board 7 · 1 5/8" left over

    1. Lid planks — 34"
    2. Lid planks — 34"
    3. Table top planks — 25"

  8. Board 8 · 1 5/8" left over

    1. Lid planks — 34"
    2. Lid planks — 34"
    3. Table top planks — 25"

  9. Board 9 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Lid planks — 34"
    2. Lid planks — 34"
    3. Table top planks — 19"

  10. Board 10 · 12 1/2" left over

    1. Lid planks — 34"
    2. Table top planks — 19"
    3. Table top planks — 16"
    4. Table top planks — 13"

  11. Board 11 · 81 7/8" left over

    1. Table top planks — 13"

1" × 1"

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 37% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 60 7/8" left over

    1. Lid middle plank — 34"

5/8" × 2"

4 boards · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 5/8" left over

    1. Insert cover planks — 36"
    2. Insert cover planks — 36"
    3. Insert cover planks — 12"

  2. Board 2 · 10 5/8" left over

    1. Insert cover planks — 36"
    2. Insert cover planks — 36"
    3. Insert cover planks — 12"

  3. Board 3 · 10 5/8" left over

    1. Insert cover planks — 36"
    2. Insert cover planks — 36"
    3. Insert cover planks — 12"

  4. Board 4 · 58 5/8" left over

    1. Insert cover planks — 12"
    2. Insert cover planks — 12"
    3. Insert cover planks — 12"

1/4" × 1"

2 boards · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 61% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over

    1. Insert cross supports — 11"
    2. Insert cross supports — 11"
    3. Insert cross supports — 11"
    4. Lid plank supports — 8"
    5. Lid plank supports — 8"
    6. Lid plank supports — 8"
    7. Lid plank supports — 8"
    8. Lid plank supports — 8"
    9. Lid plank supports — 8"
    10. Lid plank supports — 8"

  2. Board 2 · 70 5/8" left over

    1. Lid plank supports — 8"
    2. Lid plank supports — 8"
    3. Lid plank supports — 8"

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.