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Rolling Kitchen Island — board plan

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

Buy 16 boards at 8 ft.

2" × 24"

1 board · 17.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 49% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 48 7/8" left over

    1. TOP, ROLLING ISLAND — 46"

3/4" × 24"

2 boards · 18.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 28 3/4" left over

    1. SIDES, ROLLING ISLAND — 33"
    2. SIDES, ROLLING ISLAND — 33"

  2. Board 2 · 32 3/4" left over

    1. VERTICAL DIVIDERS, ROLLING ISLAND — 31"
    2. VERTICAL DIVIDERS, ROLLING ISLAND — 31"

3/4" × 22"

2 boards · 15.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 61% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 5/8" left over

    1. BOTTOM, ROLLING ISLAND — 44"
    2. DRAWER SIDES, ROLLING ISLAND — 24"
    3. DRAWER SIDES, ROLLING ISLAND — 24"

  2. Board 2 · 72 7/8" left over

    1. TOP, WIDE SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 22"

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 2.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 24% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 72 7/8" left over

    1. VERTICAL DIVIDER, WIDE SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 22"

3/4" × 10"

1 board · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 47% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 50 3/4" left over

    1. BOTTOM, WIDE SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 22"
    2. BOTTOM, WIDE SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 22"

3/4" × 6"

1 board · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 22 5/8" left over

    1. NARROW SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 24"
    2. NARROW SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 24"
    3. NARROW SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 24"

3/4" × 4"

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

  1. Board 1 · 78 3/4" left over

    1. Panel A & Panel B — 8"
    2. Panel A & Panel B — 8"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. STILE, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 29"
    2. STILE, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 29"
    3. STILE, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 29"

  2. Board 2 · 25 3/8" left over

    1. STILE, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 29"
    2. RAIL, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 10"
    3. RAIL, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 10"
    4. RAIL, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 10"
    5. RAIL, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 10"

3/4" × 1"

3 boards · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. TOP RAIL, ROLLING ISLAND — 44"
    2. TOP RAIL, ROLLING ISLAND — 44"

  2. Board 2 · 6 3/4" left over

    1. BOTTOM RAIL, ROLLING ISLAND — 44"
    2. BOTTOM RAIL, ROLLING ISLAND — 44"

  3. Board 3 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. RAIL, WIDE SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 22"
    2. RAIL, WIDE SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 22"
    3. RAIL, WIDE SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 22"
    4. RAIL, WIDE SHELF, ROLLING ISLAND — 22"

1/2" × 12"

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 71 7/8" left over

    1. BOTTOM, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 23"

1/4" × 10"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 42 3/4" left over

    1. PANEL, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 26"
    2. PANEL, DRAWER, ROLLING ISLAND — 26"

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.