Simple Outdoor Dining Table — board plan

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

Buy 12 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

4 boards · 14.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9" left over
56 1/2"29 1/4"
1. Frame long rails and center — 56 1/2"
2. Legs — 29 1/4"
Board 2 · 9" left over
56 1/2"29 1/4"
1. Frame long rails and center — 56 1/2"
2. Legs — 29 1/4"
Board 3 · 9" left over
56 1/2"29 1/4"
1. Frame long rails and center — 56 1/2"
2. Legs — 29 1/4"
Board 4 · 7 7/8" left over
29 1/4"28 3/4"28 3/4"
1. Legs — 29 1/4"
2. Frame ends — 28 3/4"
3. Frame ends — 28 3/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

8 boards · 10.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 31 1/4" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"
1. Top boards — 31 3/4"
2. Top boards — 31 3/4"
Board 2 · 31 1/4" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"
1. Top boards — 31 3/4"
2. Top boards — 31 3/4"
Board 3 · 31 1/4" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"
1. Top boards — 31 3/4"
2. Top boards — 31 3/4"
Board 4 · 31 1/4" left over
31 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.

Simple Outdoor Dining Table — board plan

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 9" left over

Board 2 · 9" left over

Board 3 · 9" left over

Board 4 · 7 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 4 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 5 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 6 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 7 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 8 · 63 1/8" left over