Produce Bin Wall Shelf — board plan

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

Buy 2 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6 board, 72" total (larger bin)

1 board · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 74% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 24 1/2" left over
26 1/2"26 1/2"8 1/2"8 1/2"
1. Back — 26 1/2"
2. Front — 26 1/2"
3. Sides — 8 1/2"
4. Sides — 8 1/2"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3 board, 26-1/2" total (larger bin)

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 29% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 68 3/8" left over
26 1/2"
1. Bottom — 26 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" × 5 1/2" — 1x6 board, 72" total (larger bin)

Board 1 · 24 1/2" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3 board, 26-1/2" total (larger bin)

Board 1 · 68 3/8" left over