Outdoor Modern Bar Table with X Base — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

7 boards · 11.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7 1/2" left over
46"41 1/4"
1. Long cross support — 46"
2. Legs — 41 1/4"
Board 2 · 12 1/4" left over
41 1/4"41 1/4"
1. Legs — 41 1/4"
2. Legs — 41 1/4"
Board 3 · 20" left over
41 1/4"33 1/2"
1. Legs — 41 1/4"
2. Tabletop boards — 33 1/2"
Board 4 · 4 7/8" left over
33 1/2"33 1/2"22 3/4"
1. Tabletop boards — 33 1/2"
2. Tabletop boards — 33 1/2"
3. Short cross supports — 22 3/4"
Board 5 · 4 7/8" left over
33 1/2"33 1/2"22 3/4"
1. Tabletop boards — 33 1/2"
2. Tabletop boards — 33 1/2"
3. Short cross supports — 22 3/4"
Board 6 · 27 3/4" left over
33 1/2"33 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 33 1/2"
2. Tabletop boards — 33 1/2"
Board 7 · 27 3/4" left over
33 1/2"33 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 33 1/2"
2. Tabletop boards — 33 1/2"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

2 boards · 2.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 98% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/8" left over
32"32"30 1/2"
1. Side aprons — 32"
2. Side aprons — 32"
3. End aprons and supports — 30 1/2"
Board 2 · 3 1/8" left over
30 1/2"30 1/2"30 1/2"
1. End aprons and supports — 30 1/2"
2. End aprons and supports — 30 1/2"
3. End aprons and supports — 30 1/2"

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.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 7 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 12 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 20" left over

Board 4 · 4 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 4 7/8" left over

Board 6 · 27 3/4" left over

Board 7 · 27 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 3 1/8" left over