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Rustic Slide In End Table — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

2 boards · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 96% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Vertical Leg Pieces — 30"
    2. Vertical Leg Pieces — 30"
    3. Base Bottom Side Pieces — 20"
    4. Base Cross Pieces — 12"

  2. Board 2 · 4 1/4" left over

    1. Base Bottom Side Pieces — 20"
    2. Base Top Side Pieces — 17"
    3. Base Top Side Pieces — 17"
    4. Base Cross Pieces — 12"
    5. Base Cross Pieces — 12"
    6. Base Cross Pieces — 12"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 41% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 56 3/4" left over

    1. Top Pieces — 19"
    2. Top Pieces — 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.