Two-Tier Plywood Jewelry Box — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

1/2" × 5" — 1/2" plywood

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 19% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 78" left over
8 3/8"8 3/8"
1. Top/bottom panels — 8 3/8"
2. Top/bottom panels — 8 3/8"

1/2" × 3 1/2" — 1/2" plywood

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
9 3/8"9 3/8"5"5"
1. Bottom box front/back — 9 3/8"
2. Bottom box front/back — 9 3/8"
3. Bottom box sides — 5"
4. Bottom box sides — 5"

1/2" × 2" — 1/2" plywood

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 32% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 65 3/4" left over
9 3/8"9 3/8"5"5"
1. Top box front/back — 9 3/8"
2. Top box front/back — 9 3/8"
3. Top box sides — 5"
4. Top box sides — 5"

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.

1/2" × 5" — 1/2" plywood

Board 1 · 78" left over

1/2" × 3 1/2" — 1/2" plywood

Board 1 · 65 3/4" left over

1/2" × 2" — 1/2" plywood

Board 1 · 65 3/4" left over