Package Delivery Drop Box — board plan

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

Buy 23 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

10 boards · 13.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 11 1/4" left over
55"28 1/2"
1. Front/back horizontal frame — 55"
2. Side horizontal frame — 28 1/2"
Board 2 · 11 1/4" left over
55"28 1/2"
1. Front/back horizontal frame — 55"
2. Side horizontal frame — 28 1/2"
Board 3 · 11 1/4" left over
55"28 1/2"
1. Front/back horizontal frame — 55"
2. Side horizontal frame — 28 1/2"
Board 4 · 11 1/4" left over
55"28 1/2"
1. Front/back horizontal frame — 55"
2. Side horizontal frame — 28 1/2"
Board 5 · 11 3/8" left over
27 3/4"27 3/4"27 3/4"
1. Legs — 27 3/4"
2. Legs — 27 3/4"
3. Legs — 27 3/4"
Board 6 · 14 7/8" left over
27 3/4"26"26"
1. Legs — 27 3/4"
2. Bottom frame, cross pieces — 26"
3. Bottom frame, cross pieces — 26"
Board 7 · 16 5/8" left over
26"26"26"
1. Bottom frame, cross pieces — 26"
2. Bottom frame, cross pieces — 26"
3. Bottom frame, cross pieces — 26"
Board 8 · 16 5/8" left over
26"26"26"
1. Bottom frame, cross pieces — 26"
2. Bottom frame, cross pieces — 26"
3. Bottom frame, cross pieces — 26"
Board 9 · 5 1/2" left over
26"21"21"21"
1. Bottom frame, cross pieces — 26"
2. Front/back trim — 21"
3. Front/back trim — 21"
4. Front/back trim — 21"
Board 10 · 73 7/8" left over
21"
1. Front/back trim — 21"

3/4" × 32" — Exterior-rated 3/4" plywood

1 board · 11.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 35 7/8" left over
59"
1. Lid — 59"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

2 boards · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 57% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 40 7/8" left over
54"
1. Bottom frame, long — 54"
Board 2 · 40 7/8" left over
54"
1. Bottom frame, long — 54"

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

10 boards · 19.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"24"
1. Cedar skin boards — 24"
2. Cedar skin boards — 24"
3. Cedar skin boards — 24"
Board 2 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"24"
1. Cedar skin boards — 24"
2. Cedar skin boards — 24"
3. Cedar skin boards — 24"
Board 3 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"

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.

Package Delivery Drop Box — board plan

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 11 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 11 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 11 1/4" left over

Board 4 · 11 1/4" left over

Board 5 · 11 3/8" left over

Board 6 · 14 7/8" left over

Board 7 · 16 5/8" left over

Board 8 · 16 5/8" left over

Board 9 · 5 1/2" left over

Board 10 · 73 7/8" left over

3/4" × 32" — Exterior-rated 3/4" plywood

Board 1 · 35 7/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 40 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 40 7/8" left over

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

Board 1 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 5 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 6 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 7 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 8 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 9 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 10 · 22 5/8" left over