Rustic Wooden Candle Holders — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine or cedar 4x4

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 6% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 90 3/8" left over
4 1/2"
1. Post — 4 1/2"

1/2" × 3/4" — Flat moulding

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 20% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 77" left over
4 3/8"4 3/8"4 3/8"4 3/8"
1. Top trim — 4 3/8"
2. Top trim — 4 3/8"
3. Top trim — 4 3/8"
4. Top trim — 4 3/8"

1/4" × 7/8" — Flat lattice

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 18% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 78 1/2" left over
4"4"4"4"
1. Bottom trim — 4"
2. Bottom trim — 4"
3. Bottom trim — 4"
4. Bottom trim — 4"

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.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine or cedar 4x4

Board 1 · 90 3/8" left over

1/2" × 3/4" — Flat moulding

Board 1 · 77" left over

1/4" × 7/8" — Flat lattice

Board 1 · 78 1/2" left over