Simple White Outdoor End Table — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

2 boards · 2.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 11 3/8" left over
17 1/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"14"
1. Legs — 17 1/4"
2. Legs — 17 1/4"
3. Legs — 17 1/4"
4. Legs — 17 1/4"
5. Supports and aprons — 14"
Board 2 · 24 3/8" left over
14"14"14"14"14"
1. Supports and aprons — 14"
2. Supports and aprons — 14"
3. Supports and aprons — 14"
4. Supports and aprons — 14"
5. Supports and aprons — 14"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

2 boards · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/4" left over
19"19"14"14"14"14"
1. Breadboard ends — 19"
2. Breadboard ends — 19"
3. Tabletop boards — 14"
4. Tabletop boards — 14"
5. Tabletop boards — 14"
6. Tabletop boards — 14"
Board 2 · 52 5/8" left over
14"14"14"
1. Tabletop boards — 14"
2. Tabletop boards — 14"
3. Tabletop boards —

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 · 11 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 24 3/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 52 5/8" left over