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Plywood Media Console — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

3" × 19"

3 boards · 98.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 15 3/4" left over

    1. Red Top/Bottom Shelf — 60"
    2. Blue Sides — 19"

  2. Board 2 · 15 3/4" left over

    1. Red Top/Bottom Shelf — 60"
    2. Blue Sides — 19"

  3. Board 3 · 36 7/8" left over

    1. Gold Middle Shelf — 58"

3" × 9"

1 board · 8.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 41% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 56 3/4" left over

    1. Green Supports — 19"
    2. Green Supports — 19"

2" × 3"

4 boards · 15.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 5 5/8" left over

    1. White Base Supports — 57"
    2. Purple Base Supports — 16"
    3. Purple Base Supports — 16"

  2. Board 2 · 5 5/8" left over

    1. White Base Supports — 57"
    2. Purple Base Supports — 16"
    3. Purple Base Supports — 16"

  3. Board 3 · 12 3/4" left over

    1. White Checkered Back Supports — 41"
    2. White Checkered Back Supports — 41"

  4. Board 4 · 32 1/2" left over

    1. Purple Base Supports — 16"
    2. Purple Base Supports — 16"
    3. Yellow Back Supports — 15"
    4. Yellow Back Supports — 15"

1" × 20"

1 board · 9.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 34 7/8" left over

    1. Purple Back — 60"

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.