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Outdoor Dining Table with Matching Benches — board plan

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

Buy 16 boards at 8 ft.

4" × 4"

7 boards · 74.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over

    1. Stretchers — 68"
    2. Table legs — 23"

  2. Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over

    1. Stretchers — 68"
    2. Table legs — 23"

  3. Board 3 · 3 3/4" left over

    1. Stretchers — 68"
    2. Table legs — 23"

  4. Board 4 · 7 3/4" left over

    1. Bench stretchers — 59"
    2. Table legs — 28"

  5. Board 5 · 7 3/4" left over

    1. Bench stretchers — 59"
    2. Table legs — 28"

  6. Board 6 · 1" left over

    1. Table legs — 28"
    2. Table legs — 28"
    3. Table legs — 23"
    4. Short bench stretchers — 14 1/2"

  7. Board 7 · 51 1/8" left over

    1. Short bench stretchers — 14 1/2"
    2. Short bench stretchers — 14 1/2"
    3. Short bench stretchers — 14 1/2"

2" × 8"

9 boards · 85.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 16 7/8" left over

    1. Table top boards — 78"

  2. Board 2 · 16 7/8" left over

    1. Table top boards — 78"

  3. Board 3 · 16 7/8" left over

    1. Table top boards — 78"

  4. Board 4 · 16 7/8" left over

    1. Table top boards — 78"

  5. Board 5 · 16 7/8" left over

    1. Table top boards — 78"

  6. Board 6 · 10 3/4" left over

    1. Bench slats — 66"
    2. Bench legs — 18"

  7. Board 7 · 10 3/4" left over

    1. Bench slats — 66"
    2. Bench legs — 18"

  8. Board 8 · 4 3/8" left over

    1. Bench legs — 18"
    2. Bench legs — 18"
    3. Bench legs — 18"
    4. Bench legs — 18"
    5. Bench legs — 18"

  9. Board 9 · 76 7/8" left over

    1. Bench legs — 18"

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.