Parsons Square End Table — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

2 boards · 2.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 14 1/2" left over
20"20"20"20"
1. Frame verticals — 20"
2. Frame verticals — 20"
3. Frame verticals — 20"
4. Frame verticals — 20"
Board 2 · 20 1/2" left over
18 1/2"18 1/2"18 1/2"18 1/2"
1. Frame horizontals — 18 1/2"
2. Frame horizontals — 18 1/2"
3. Frame horizontals — 18 1/2"
4. Frame horizontals — 18 1/2"

3/4" × 9 1/4" — Pine

1 board · 4.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 20 1/2" left over
18 1/2"18 1/2"18 1/2"18 1/2"
1. Shelf boards — 18 1/2"
2. Shelf boards — 18 1/2"
3. Shelf boards — 18 1/2"
4. Shelf boards — 18 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" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 20 1/2" left over

3/4" × 9 1/4" — Pine

Board 1 · 20 1/2" left over