Skip to content
Notch
← Back to the plan

Simple Kids Craft Table — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 3"

2 boards · 3.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 18 1/2" left over

    1. Leg Halves — 19"
    2. Leg Halves — 19"
    3. Leg Halves — 19"
    4. Leg Halves — 19"

  2. Board 2 · 18 1/2" left over

    1. Leg Halves — 19"
    2. Leg Halves — 19"
    3. Leg Halves — 19"
    4. Leg Halves — 19"

3/4" × 15"

1 board · 5.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 34 7/8" left over

    1. Desktop — 60"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over

    1. Front Skirt — 54"
    2. Mid Spans — 13"
    3. Mid Spans — 13"
    4. Mid Spans — 13"

  2. Board 2 · 20 5/8" left over

    1. Front Skirt — 54"
    2. Side Skirt — 10"
    3. Side Skirt — 10"

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.