Pine and Plain Rectangle Coffee Table — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 24" — Pine project panel

2 boards · 18.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/4" left over
48"46 1/2"
1. Top — 48"
2. Shelf — 46 1/2"
Board 2 · 61 3/4" left over
16 1/2"16 1/2"
1. Legs — 16 1/2"
2. Legs — 16 1/2"

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine 1x12

1 board · 4.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 74% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 25 1/8" left over
46 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Center support — 46 1/2"
2. Shelf dividers — 11 1/2"
3. Shelf dividers — 11 1/2"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 98% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 3/4" left over
46 1/2"46 1/2"
1. Bottom supports — 46 1/2"
2. Bottom supports — 46 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.

3/4" × 24" — Pine project panel

Board 1 · 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 61 3/4" left over

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine 1x12

Board 1 · 25 1/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

Board 1 · 1 3/4" left over