Simple Planked Wood Bed — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6

1 board · 2.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 34% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 63 1/8" left over
31 3/4"
1. Footboard rail — 31 3/4"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

5 boards · 15.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9" left over
72"13 3/4"
1. Side rails (2x4) — 72"
2. Footboard leg blocks — 13 3/4"
Board 2 · 9" left over
72"13 3/4"
1. Side rails (2x4) — 72"
2. Footboard leg blocks — 13 3/4"
Board 3 · 7 3/4" left over
55"32"
1. Long leg pieces — 55"
2. Slats — 32"
Board 4 · 8" left over
55"31 3/4"
1. Long leg pieces — 55"
2. Headboard leg blocks — 31 3/4"
Board 5 · 63 1/8" left over
31 3/4"
1. Headboard leg blocks — 31 3/4"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

5 boards · 11.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 71% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Side rails (1x6) — 72"
Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over
72"
1. Side rails (1x6) — 72"
Board 3 · 31 1/4" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"
1. Headboard planks — 31 3/4"
2. Headboard planks — 31 3/4"
Board 4 · 31 1/4" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"
1. Headboard planks — 31 3/4"
2. Headboard planks — 31 3/4"
Board 5

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" × 5 1/2" — 2x6

Board 1 · 63 1/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 9" left over

Board 2 · 9" left over

Board 3 · 7 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 8" left over

Board 5 · 63 1/8" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 22 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 4 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 5