Rustic Parsons Farmhouse Table — board plan

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

Buy 17 boards at 8 ft.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4

2 boards · 11.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5" left over
29 7/8"29 7/8"29 7/8"
1. Legs — 29 7/8"
2. Legs — 29 7/8"
3. Legs — 29 7/8"
Board 2 · 65" left over
29 7/8"
1. Legs — 29 7/8"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

10 boards · 26.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 29 7/8" left over
65"
1. Tabletop boards — 65"
Board 2 · 29 7/8" left over
65"
1. Tabletop boards — 65"
Board 3 · 29 7/8" left over
65"
1. Tabletop boards — 65"
Board 4 · 29 7/8" left over
65"
1. Tabletop boards — 65"
Board 5 · 29 7/8" left over
65"
1. Tabletop boards — 65"
Board 6 · 29 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 2 1/2" — 2x3

1 board · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 38 3/4" left over
28"28"
1. End joists — 28"
2. End joists — 28"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

4 boards · 5.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over
58"30"
1. Side aprons — 58"
2. Under-table joists — 30"
Board 2 · 6 3/4" left over
58"30"
1. Side aprons — 58"
2. Under-table joists — 30"
Board 3 · 4 5/8" left over
30"30"30"
1. Under-table joists — 30"
2. Under-table joists — 30"
3. Under-table joists — 30"
Board 4 · 64 7/8" left over

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.

Rustic Parsons Farmhouse Table — board plan

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4

Board 1 · 5" left over

Board 2 · 65" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 29 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 29 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 29 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 29 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 29 7/8" left over

Board 6 · 29 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 2 1/2" — 2x3

Board 1 · 38 3/4" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 6 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 4 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 64 7/8" left over

Board 7 · 29 7/8" left over

Board 8 · 29 7/8" left over

Board 9 · 36 7/8" left over

Board 10 · 36 7/8" left over