Small Old English Style Farmhouse Dining Table — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

6 boards · 11.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 35 3/8" left over
59 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 59 1/2"
Board 2 · 35 3/8" left over
59 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 59 1/2"
Board 3 · 35 3/8" left over
59 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 59 1/2"
Board 4 · 35 3/8" left over
59 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 59 1/2"
Board 5 · 35 3/8" left over
59 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 59 1/2"
Board 6 · 35 3/8" left over
59 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 59 1/2"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

2 boards · 3.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 13 3/4" left over
55"26"
1. Side aprons — 55"
2. End aprons — 26"
Board 2 · 13 3/4" left over
55"26"
1. Side aprons — 55"
2. End aprons — 26"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

3 boards · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over
55"33"
1. Side lower trim — 55"
2. Corner cross braces — 33"
Board 2 · 6 3/4" left over
55"33"
1. Side lower trim — 55"
2. Corner cross braces — 33"
Board 3 · 42 3/4" left over
26"26"
1. End lower trim — 26"
2. End lower trim — 26"

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" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 35 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 35 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 35 3/8" left over

Board 4 · 35 3/8" left over

Board 5 · 35 3/8" left over

Board 6 · 35 3/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 13 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 13 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 6 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 42 3/4" left over