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Queen-Size Plywood Bed — board plan

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

Buy 28 boards at 8 ft.

2" × 2"

2 boards · 5.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slat Supports — 80"

  2. Board 2 · 14 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slat Supports — 80"

1" × 4"

12 boards · 23.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  2. Board 2 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  3. Board 3 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  4. Board 4 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  5. Board 5 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  6. Board 6 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  7. Board 7 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  8. Board 8 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  9. Board 9 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  10. Board 10 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  11. Board 11 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

  12. Board 12 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Mattress Slats — 61"

3/4" × 9"

3 boards · 12.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 7/8" left over

    1. Long Frame Rails — 80"

  2. Board 2 · 14 7/8" left over

    1. Long Frame Rails — 80"

  3. Board 3 · 31 7/8" left over

    1. Short Frame Rail — 63"

3/4" × 4"

3 boards · 5.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Headboard Supports — 44"
    2. Headboard Supports — 44"

  2. Board 2 · 5 1/2" left over

    1. Headboard Supports — 44"
    2. Legs — 15"
    3. Legs — 15"
    4. Legs — 15"

  3. Board 3 · 49 5/8" left over

    1. Legs — 15"
    2. Legs — 15"
    3. Legs — 15"

3/4" × 3"

3 boards · 3.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 31 7/8" left over

    1. Thick Headboard Rails — 63"

  2. Board 2 · 31 7/8" left over

    1. Thick Headboard Rails — 63"

  3. Board 3 · 31 7/8" left over

    1. Thick Headboard Rails — 63"

3/4" × 2"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 31 7/8" left over

    1. Headboard Cap — 63"

3/4" × 1"

4 boards · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 31 7/8" left over

    1. Thin Headboard Rail — 63"

  2. Board 2 · 31 7/8" left over

    1. Thin Headboard Rail — 63"

  3. Board 3 · 31 7/8" left over

    1. Thin Headboard Rail — 63"

  4. Board 4 · 31 7/8" left over

    1. Thin Headboard Rail — 63"

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.