Slatted Outdoor Coffee Table — board plan

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

Buy 19 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 50% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 47 3/4" left over
23 1/2"23 1/2"
1. Breadboard ends — 23 1/2"
2. Breadboard ends — 23 1/2"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

10 boards · 11.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over
45 1/2"45 1/2"
1. Bottom shelf top pieces (1x3) — 45 1/2"
2. Bottom shelf top pieces (1x3) — 45 1/2"
Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over
45 1/2"45 1/2"
1. Bottom shelf top pieces (1x3) — 45 1/2"
2. Bottom shelf top pieces (1x3) — 45 1/2"
Board 3 · 3 3/4" left over
45 1/2"45 1/2"
1. Bottom shelf top pieces (1x3) — 45 1/2"
2. Bottom shelf top pieces (1x3) — 45 1/2"
Board 4 · 10 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

8 boards · 6.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over
45 1/2"45 1/2"
1. Top supports — 45 1/2"
2. Top supports — 45 1/2"
Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over
45 1/2"45 1/2"
1. Top supports — 45 1/2"
2. Top supports — 45 1/2"
Board 3 · 3 3/4" left over
45 1/2"45 1/2"
1. Top supports — 45 1/2"
2. Top supports — 45 1/2"
Board 4 · 3 3/4" left over
45 1/2"

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.

Slatted Outdoor Coffee Table — board plan

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 47 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 10 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 5 · 12 3/4" left over

Board 6 · 12 3/4" left over

Board 7 · 12 3/4" left over

Board 8 · 12 3/4" left over

Board 9 · 5 5/8" left over

Board 10 · 77 5/8" left over

Board 5 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 6 · 10 3/4" left over

Board 7 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 8 · 25 1/2" left over