Sand and Water Play Table — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

2 boards · 4.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 71% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8 1/4" left over
43 1/4"43 1/4"
1. Top frame sides — 43 1/4"
2. Top frame sides — 43 1/4"
Board 2 · 46 5/8" left over
16 1/2"16 1/2"15"
1. Top frame ends — 16 1/2"
2. Top frame ends — 16 1/2"
3. Top frame divider — 15"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

5 boards · 6.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8 1/4" left over
43 1/4"43 1/4"
1. Shelf frame sides — 43 1/4"
2. Shelf frame sides — 43 1/4"
Board 2 · 6" left over
24"24"24"16 1/2"
1. Legs — 24"
2. Legs — 24"
3. Legs — 24"
4. Shelf frame ends — 16 1/2"
Board 3 · 4 3/8" left over
24"16 1/2"16 1/2"

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.

Sand and Water Play Table — board plan

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 8 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 46 5/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 8 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 6" left over

Board 3 · 4 3/8" left over

Board 4 · 11 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 28 1/2" left over