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Restoration Hardware Inspired Dining Table — board plan

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

Buy 19 boards at 8 ft.

3" × 3"

1 board · 4.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 38" left over

    1. 4x4 leg pieces — 7"
    2. 4x4 leg pieces — 7"
    3. 4x4 leg pieces — 7"
    4. 4x4 leg pieces — 7"
    5. 4x4 leg pieces — 7"
    6. 4x4 leg pieces — 7"
    7. 4x4 leg pieces — 7"
    8. 4x4 leg pieces — 7"

1" × 9"

4 boards · 24.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 7/8" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 84"

  2. Board 2 · 10 7/8" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 84"

  3. Board 3 · 10 7/8" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 84"

  4. Board 4 · 10 7/8" left over

    1. Table Top Boards — 84"

1" × 5"

4 boards · 11.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 1/4" left over

    1. Feet — 24"
    2. Feet — 24"
    3. Feet — 24"
    4. 2x8 Beveled Leg Pieces — 6"
    5. 2x8 Beveled Leg Pieces — 6"
    6. 2x8 Beveled Leg Pieces — 6"

  2. Board 2 · 1 1/8" left over

    1. Feet — 24"
    2. Feet — 24"
    3. Feet — 24"
    4. 2x8 Beveled Leg Pieces — 6"
    5. 2 x6 Leg Pieces — 5"
    6. 2 x6 Leg Pieces — 5"
    7. 2 x6 Leg Pieces — 5"

  3. Board 3 · 7 1/4" left over

    1. Feet — 24"
    2. Feet — 24"
    3. Feet — 24"
    4. 2 x6 Leg Pieces — 5"
    5. 2 x6 Leg Pieces — 5"
    6. 2 x6 Leg Pieces — 5"

  4. Board 4 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Feet — 24"

1" × 4"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 22% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 74 1/2" left over

    1. 2x6 Beveled Leg Pieces — 5"
    2. 2x6 Beveled Leg Pieces — 5"
    3. 2x6 Beveled Leg Pieces — 5"
    4. 2x6 Beveled Leg Pieces — 5"

1" × 3"

5 boards · 8.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 5/8" left over

    1. Long Table Braces — 63"
    2. Short Table Braces — 26"
    3. 2x6 Tiny Leg Piece — 3"

  2. Board 2 · 2 5/8" left over

    1. Long Table Braces — 63"
    2. Short Table Braces — 26"
    3. 2x6 Tiny Leg Piece — 3"

  3. Board 3 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. Top Stretcher — 45"
    2. Bottom Stretcher — 43"

  4. Board 4 · 22 5/8" left over

    1. Leg/Table Attachment — 24"
    2. Leg/Table Attachment — 24"
    3. Leg/Table Attachment — 24"

  5. Board 5 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Leg/Table Attachment — 24"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 31% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 1/2" left over

    1. 1 x 8 Leg pieces — 7"
    2. 1 x 8 Leg pieces — 7"
    3. 1 x 8 Leg pieces — 7"
    4. 1 x 8 Leg pieces — 7"

3/4" × 6"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 14% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 82 3/4" left over

    1. Smaller 1x8 Leg Pieces — 6"
    2. Smaller 1x8 Leg Pieces — 6"

3/4" × 4"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 18% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 78 1/2" left over

    1. 1x8 Beveled Leg Pieces — 4"
    2. 1x8 Beveled Leg Pieces — 4"
    3. 1x8 Beveled Leg Pieces — 4"
    4. 1x8 Beveled Leg Pieces — 4"

3/4" × 3"

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 31% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 1/2" left over

    1. Foot Bottoms — 7"
    2. Foot Bottoms — 7"
    3. Foot Bottoms — 7"
    4. Foot Bottoms — 7"

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.