Simple Modern Bar Table — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

4 boards · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 1/4" left over
49 1/2"42"
1. Bottom support — 49 1/2"
2. Leg sides — 42"
Board 2 · 10 3/4" left over
42"42"
1. Leg sides — 42"
2. Leg sides — 42"
Board 3 · 7 5/8" left over
42"22 1/2"22 1/2"
1. Leg sides — 42"
2. Leg ends — 22 1/2"
3. Leg ends — 22 1/2"
Board 4 · 49 3/4" left over
22 1/2"22 1/2"
1. Leg ends — 22 1/2"
2. Leg ends — 22 1/2"

3/4" × 24" — pine panel

1 board · 6.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Tabletop panel — 48"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

2 boards · 3.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 21 1/4" left over
49 1/2"24"
1. Side aprons — 49 1/2"
2. End aprons — 24"
Board 2 · 21 1/4" left over
49 1/2"24"
1. Side aprons — 49 1/2"
2. End aprons — 24"

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.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 3 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 10 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 7 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 49 3/4" left over

3/4" × 24" — pine panel

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 21 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 21 1/4" left over