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Outdoor Fold Down Bar — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 7"

3 boards · 9.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 5 5/8" left over

    1. Wide Top — 31"
    2. Door Board — 29"
    3. Door Board — 29"

  2. Board 2 · 11 5/8" left over

    1. Door Board — 29"
    2. Shelf — 27"
    3. Bottom — 27"

  3. Board 3 · 46 3/4" left over

    1. Side — 24"
    2. Side — 24"

3/4" × 3"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 6% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 89 7/8" left over

    1. Latch Block — 5"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 66% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 9 5/8" left over

    1. Narrow Top — 31"
    2. Wall Cleat — 27"
    3. Wall Cleat — 27"

  2. Board 2 · 54 3/4" left over

    1. Door Brace — 20"
    2. Door Brace — 20"

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.