Rectangle End Table with Shelf — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

3 boards · 4.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 3/8" left over
37"37"11 1/4"
1. Side aprons and support — 37"
2. Side aprons and support — 37"
3. End aprons — 11 1/4"
Board 2 · 10 1/8" left over
37"23 3/4"23 3/4"
1. Side aprons and support — 37"
2. Legs — 23 3/4"
3. Legs — 23 3/4"
Board 3 · 13 1/8" left over
23 3/4"23 3/4"11 1/4"11 1/4"11 1/4"
1. Legs — 23 3/4"
2. Legs — 23 3/4"
3. End aprons — 11 1/4"
4. End aprons — 11 1/4"
5. End aprons — 11 1/4"

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

1 board · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 12 3/4" left over
42"40"
1. Top — 42"
2. Shelf — 40"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 10 3/4" left over
42"42"
1. Top edge pieces — 42"
2. Top edge pieces — 42"

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" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 9 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 10 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 13 1/8" left over

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

Board 1 · 12 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 10 3/4" left over