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Router Cart for Kreg Bench Top Router Table — board plan

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

Buy 14 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 22"

1 board · 3.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 7/8" left over

    1. Table top — 28"

3/4" × 21"

1 board · 3.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 7/8" left over

    1. Back — 28"

3/4" × 19"

1 board · 6.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 40 3/4" left over

    1. Side backs — 27"
    2. Side backs — 27"

3/4" × 11"

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 7/8" left over

    1. Bottom drawer front — 28"

3/4" × 6"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 7/8" left over

    1. Top drawer front — 28"

3/4" × 4"

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 47% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 50 3/4" left over

    1. Side tops — 22"
    2. Side tops — 22"

3/4" × 3"

3 boards · 4.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 5/8" left over

    1. Legs — 28"
    2. Legs — 28"
    3. Legs — 28"

  2. Board 2 · 10 5/8" left over

    1. Legs — 28"
    2. Legs — 28"
    3. Legs — 28"

  3. Board 3 · 1/2" left over

    1. Legs — 28"
    2. Legs — 28"
    3. Side bottoms — 19"
    4. Side bottoms — 19"

3/4" × 1"

2 boards · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 5/8" left over

    1. Front/back supports — 28"
    2. Front/back supports — 28"
    3. Front/back supports — 28"

  2. Board 2 · 10 5/8" left over

    1. Front/back supports — 28"
    2. Front/back supports — 28"
    3. Front/back supports — 28"

1/2" × 18"

1 board · 3.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 40 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer box bottoms — 27"
    2. Drawer box bottoms — 27"

1/2" × 10"

1 board · 3.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 97% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Bottom drawer box front/back — 27"
    2. Bottom drawer box front/back — 27"
    3. Bottom drawer box sides — 19"
    4. Bottom drawer box sides — 19"

1/2" × 5"

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 97% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Top drawer box front/back — 27"
    2. Top drawer box front/back — 27"
    3. Top drawer box sides — 19"
    4. Top drawer box sides — 19"

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.