Simple Rolling Bar Cart — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft

4 boards · 13.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/2" left over
34 1/4"34 1/4"12 3/4"12 3/4"
1. Side aprons — 34 1/4"
2. Side aprons — 34 1/4"
3. End aprons — 12 3/4"
4. End aprons — 12 3/4"
Board 2 · 1/2" left over
34 1/4"34 1/4"12 3/4"12 3/4"
1. Side aprons — 34 1/4"
2. Side aprons — 34 1/4"
3. End aprons — 12 3/4"
4. End aprons — 12 3/4"
Board 3 · 7/8" left over
31 1/4"31 1/4"31 1/4"
1. Legs — 31 1/4"
2. Legs — 31 1/4"
3. Legs — 31 1/4"
Board 4 · 63 5/8" left over
31 1/4"
1. Legs — 31 1/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4, 10 ft

4 boards · 6.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 3/4" left over
15 3/4"15 3/4"15 3/4"15 3/4"15 3/4"12 3/4"
1. Top and bottom shelf slats — 15 3/4"
2. Top and bottom shelf slats — 15 3/4"
3. Top and bottom shelf slats — 15 3/4"
4. Top and bottom shelf slats — 15 3/4"
5. Top and bottom shelf slats — 15 3/4"
6. Bottom shelf short slats — 12 3/4"
Board 2 · 2 3/4" left over
15 3/4"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2, 8 ft

2 boards · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 20 1/4" left over
37 1/4"37 1/4"
1. End trim — 37 1/4"
2. End trim — 37 1/4"
Board 2 · 20 1/4" left over
37 1/4"37 1/4"
1. End trim — 37 1/4"
2. End trim — 37 1/4"

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 Rolling Bar Cart — board plan

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4, 8 ft

Board 1 · 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 63 5/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4, 10 ft

Board 1 · 2 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 2 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2, 8 ft

Board 1 · 20 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 20 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 15 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 47 3/8" left over