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Record Player Cabinet — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 18"

2 boards · 17.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 5/8" left over

    1. Bottom — 47"
    2. Sides — 27"
    3. Left Permanent Shelf — 18"

  2. Board 2 · 27 3/8" left over

    1. Sides — 27"
    2. Inside Panel — 22 1/4"
    3. Top Left — 18"

3/4" × 14"

1 board · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 31% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 5/8" left over

    1. Record Display Base — 28 1/4"

3/4" × 13 3/4"

1 board · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 21% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 75 3/8" left over

    1. Left Door — 19 1/2"

3/4" × 8 1/2"

1 board · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 32% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 65 1/8" left over

    1. Record Storage Front — 29 3/4"

3/4" × 7 3/4"

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 67" left over

    1. Record Display Mid Piece — 14"
    2. Record Display Back — 13 3/4"

3/4" × 4 5/8"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 31% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 5/8" left over

    1. Record Holder Piece — 28 1/4"

3/4" × 4"

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 31% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 5/8" left over

    1. Back Top Piece — 28 1/4"

1/4" × 19 1/4"

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 24% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 72 3/4" left over

    1. Left Back — 22 1/8"

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.