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Sideboard/Bar Cabinet — board plan

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

Buy 12 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2"

2 boards · 2.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 7/8" left over

    1. Legs — 29 1/4"
    2. Legs — 29 1/4"
    3. Legs — 29 1/4"

  2. Board 2 · 65 5/8" left over

    1. Legs — 29 1/4"

3/4" × 16 1/4"

1 board · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 38 3/8" left over

    1. Cabinet back — 56 1/2"

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 5.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 34 7/8" left over

    1. Cabinet top — 60"

3/4" × 15 1/2"

1 board · 3.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 62 1/4" left over

    1. Cabinet door — 16 1/4"
    2. Cabinet door — 16 1/4"

3/4" × 12"

1 board · 6.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 96% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 1/8" left over

    1. Cabinet bottom — 56 1/2"
    2. Cabinet sides — 17"
    3. Cabinet sides — 17"

3/4" × 10 1/2"

1 board · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 62 1/4" left over

    1. Center divider — 16 1/4"
    2. Center divider — 16 1/4"

3/4" × 5 3/8"

1 board · 2.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 18 1/8" left over

    1. Drawer front — 25 1/2"
    2. Drawer front — 25 1/2"
    3. Drawer front — 25 1/2"

3/4" × 4"

3 boards · 4.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 5 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer front & back — 22 1/4"
    2. Drawer front & back — 22 1/4"
    3. Drawer front & back — 22 1/4"
    4. Drawer front & back — 22 1/4"

  2. Board 2 · 9 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer front & back — 22 1/4"
    2. Drawer front & back — 22 1/4"
    3. Drawer sides — 10"
    4. Drawer sides — 10"
    5. Drawer sides — 10"
    6. Drawer sides — 10"

  3. Board 3 · 74 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer sides — 10"
    2. Drawer sides — 10"

1/4" × 9"

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 73% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 26 3/8" left over

    1. Drawer bottom — 22 3/4"
    2. Drawer bottom — 22 3/4"
    3. Drawer bottom — 22 3/4"

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.