Parson Chair — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 2 1/2" — Pine 2x3

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 29% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 67 3/4" left over
13 1/2"13 1/2"
1. Base side rails — 13 1/2"
2. Base side rails — 13 1/2"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

2 boards · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9" left over
18 1/8"18 1/8"16 9/16"16 9/16"16"
1. Chair back sides, tall — 18 1/8"
2. Chair back sides, tall — 18 1/8"
3. Base back rail — 16 9/16"
4. Base back rail — 16 9/16"
5. Front legs — 16"
Board 2 · 20 1/8" left over
16"15 3/8"15 3/8"14 1/2"13"
1. Front legs — 16"
2. Chair back sides, short — 15 3/8"
3. Chair back sides, short — 15 3/8"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 32% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 65 3/4" left over
14 1/2"14 1/2"
1. Front and back aprons — 14 1/2"
2. Front and back aprons — 14 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 33% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 64 1/16" left over
16 3/16"14 1/2"
1. Chair back cross piece — 16 3/16"
2. Front apron — 14 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.

1 1/2" × 2 1/2" — Pine 2x3

Board 1 · 67 3/4" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

Board 1 · 9" left over

Board 2 · 20 1/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

Board 1 · 65 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

Board 1 · 64 1/16" left over