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Recycling Sorting Bin — board plan

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

Buy 20 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

5 boards · 3.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 20 3/4" left over

    1. Long Frame Rail — 37"
    2. Long Frame Rail — 37"

  2. Board 2 · 20 3/4" left over

    1. Long Frame Rail — 37"
    2. Long Frame Rail — 37"

  3. Board 3 · 6 5/8" left over

    1. Leg — 33"
    2. Leg — 33"
    3. Short Frame Rail — 22"

  4. Board 4 · 6 5/8" left over

    1. Leg — 33"
    2. Leg — 33"
    3. Short Frame Rail — 22"

  5. Board 5 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. Short Frame Rail — 22"
    2. Short Frame Rail — 22"
    3. Divider Rail — 22"
    4. Divider Rail — 22"

3/4" × 5"

11 boards · 24.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 12 3/4" left over

    1. Long Front/Back Slats — 41"
    2. Long Front/Back Slats — 41"

  2. Board 2 · 12 3/4" left over

    1. Long Front/Back Slats — 41"
    2. Long Front/Back Slats — 41"

  3. Board 3 · 12 3/4" left over

    1. Long Front/Back Slats — 41"
    2. Long Front/Back Slats — 41"

  4. Board 4 · 14 3/4" left over

    1. Short Front/Back Slats — 40"
    2. Short Front/Back Slats — 40"

  5. Board 5 · 14 3/4" left over

    1. Short Front/Back Slats — 40"
    2. Short Front/Back Slats — 40"

  6. Board 6 · 13 5/8" left over

    1. Long Side Slats — 27"
    2. Long Side Slats — 27"
    3. Long Side Slats — 27"

  7. Board 7 · 17 5/8" left over

    1. Long Side Slats — 27"
    2. Base Slats — 25"
    3. Base Slats — 25"

  8. Board 8 · 19 5/8" left over

    1. Base Slats — 25"
    2. Base Slats — 25"
    3. Base Slats — 25"

  9. Board 9 · 19 5/8" left over

    1. Base Slats — 25"
    2. Short Side Slats — 25"
    3. Short Side Slats — 25"

  10. Board 10 · 19 5/8" left over

    1. Short Side Slats — 25"
    2. Short Side Slats — 25"
    3. Short Side Slats — 25"

  11. Board 11 · 69 7/8" left over

    1. Short Side Slats — 25"

3/4" × 3"

4 boards · 5.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 3/4" left over

    1. Long Lid Rail — 42"
    2. Long Lid Rail — 42"

  2. Board 2 · 10 3/4" left over

    1. Lid Front/Back Rail — 42"
    2. Lid Front/Back Rail — 42"

  3. Board 3 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Lid Side Rail — 26"
    2. Lid Side Rail — 26"
    3. Short Lid Rail — 20"
    4. Short Lid Rail — 20"

  4. Board 4 · 54 3/4" left over

    1. Short Lid Rail — 20"
    2. Short Lid Rail — 20"

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.