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Picture Frames — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 10"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 14% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 82 7/8" left over

    1. 8x10 Photo Backer — 12"

1" × 7"

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 11% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 85 7/8" left over

    1. 5x7 Photo Backer — 9"

1/4" × 2"

3 boards · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 71% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1 1/4" left over

    1. 8x10 Back Rail — 18"
    2. 8x10 Back Rail — 18"
    3. 8x10 Front Stile — 16"
    4. 8x10 Front Stile — 16"
    5. 5x7 Back Rail — 15"
    6. 8x10 Back Stile — 10"

  2. Board 2 · 1" left over

    1. 5x7 Back Rail — 15"
    2. 5x7 Front Stile — 13"
    3. 5x7 Front Stile — 13"
    4. 8x10 Front Rail — 12"
    5. 8x10 Front Rail — 12"
    6. 8x10 Back Stile — 10"
    7. 5x7 Front Rail — 9"
    8. 5x7 Front Rail — 9"

  3. Board 3 · 80 3/4" left over

    1. 5x7 Back Stile — 7"
    2. 5x7 Back Stile — 7"

1/4" × 1/2"

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 36% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 61" left over

    1. 5x7 End Filler — 2"
    2. 5x7 End Filler — 2"
    3. 5x7 End Filler — 2"
    4. 5x7 End Filler — 2"
    5. 5x7 End Filler — 2"
    6. 5x7 End Filler — 2"
    7. 5x7 End Filler — 2"
    8. 5x7 End Filler — 2"
    9. 8x10 End Filler — 2"
    10. 8x10 End Filler — 2"
    11. 8x10 End Filler — 2"
    12. 8x10 End Filler — 2"
    13. 8x10 End Filler — 2"
    14. 8x10 End Filler — 2"
    15. 8x10 End Filler — 2"
    16. 8x10 End Filler — 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.