Simple Wooden Pie Box — board plan

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

Buy 2 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 38 7/8" left over
12"12"10 1/2"10 1/2"10 1/2"
1. Sides — 12"
2. Sides — 12"
3. Front, back, and bottom — 10 1/2"
4. Front, back, and bottom — 10 1/2"
5. Front, back, and bottom — 10 1/2"

1/4" × 12" — Acrylic glass or plywood

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 14% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 82 7/8" left over
12"
1. Lid — 12"

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.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 38 7/8" left over

1/4" × 12" — Acrylic glass or plywood

Board 1 · 82 7/8" left over