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Shoe bench with storage and seat — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3"

7 boards · 9.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over

    1. Tops — 38"
    2. Tops — 38"
    3. Legs — 17"

  2. Board 2 · 1 5/8" left over

    1. Tops — 38"
    2. Tops — 38"
    3. Legs — 17"

  3. Board 3 · 10 5/8" left over

    1. Tops — 38"
    2. Front/Back Span — 29"
    3. Legs — 17"

  4. Board 4 · 7 5/8" left over

    1. Front/Back Span — 29"
    2. Front/Back Span — 29"
    3. Front/Back Span — 29"

  5. Board 5 · 2 1/4" left over

    1. Legs — 17"
    2. Slats — 15"
    3. Slats — 15"
    4. Slats — 15"
    5. Slats — 15"
    6. Slats — 15"

  6. Board 6 · 8 1/4" left over

    1. Slats — 15"
    2. Slats — 15"
    3. Side Braces — 14"
    4. Side Braces — 14"
    5. Side Braces — 14"
    6. Side Braces — 14"

  7. Board 7 · 80 7/8" left over

    1. Middle Brace — 14"

3/4" × 2"

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 66 3/4" left over

    1. End Slats — 14"
    2. End Slats — 14"

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.