Portable Workbench "Woodshop in a Box" — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 2 1/2" — 2x3, 8 ft or stud length

2 boards · 4.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 3/8" left over
31"31"28 1/4"
1. Legs, long — 31"
2. Legs, long — 31"
3. Legs, short — 28 1/4"
Board 2 · 27 7/8" left over
28 1/4"19 1/4"19 1/4"
1. Legs, short — 28 1/4"
2. Leg center dividers — 19 1/4"
3. Leg center dividers — 19 1/4"

3/4" × 24" — Plywood project panel, 1/2" or 3/4", 24" x 48"

1 board · 6.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Bottom panel — 48"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6, 6 ft

2 boards · 4.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 75% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over
48"22 1/2"22 1/2"
1. Box sides, long — 48"
2. Box sides, short — 22 1/2"
3. Box sides, short — 22 1/2"
Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Box sides, long — 48"

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 1/2" × 2 1/2" — 2x3, 8 ft or stud length

Board 1 · 4 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 27 7/8" left over

3/4" × 24" — Plywood project panel, 1/2" or 3/4", 24" x 48"

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6, 6 ft

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 46 7/8" left over