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Pedestal Vanity — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 20"

1 board · 4.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 32% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 64 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 30"

3/4" × 18"

1 board · 6.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 36 3/4" left over

    1. Sides — 29"
    2. Sides — 29"

3/4" × 17"

1 board · 7.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 18 5/8" left over

    1. Base — 26"
    2. Drawer tops — 25"
    3. Drawer tops — 25"

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 42 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer faces — 26"
    2. Drawer faces — 26"

3/4" × 4"

2 boards · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 54% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 17"
    2. Drawer sides — 17"
    3. Drawer sides — 17"
    4. Drawer sides — 17"
    5. Caster bases — 4"
    6. Caster bases — 4"
    7. Caster bases — 4"
    8. Caster bases — 4"
    9. Caster bases — 4"
    10. Caster bases — 4"

  2. Board 2 · 86 3/4" left over

    1. Caster bases — 4"
    2. Caster bases — 4"

3/4" × 2"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 1/2" left over

    1. Top and bottom face — 26"
    2. Top and bottom face — 26"
    3. Side face — 14"
    4. Side face — 14"

1/2" × 13"

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 37% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 60 3/4" left over

    1. Doors — 17"
    2. Doors — 17"

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.