Small Pallet-Inspired Coat Rack with Shelves — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine 2x6

1 board · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 11 7/8" left over
47 3/4"17 1/2"17 1/2"
1. Bottom — 47 3/4"
2. Sides — 17 1/2"
3. Sides — 17 1/2"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

3 boards · 6.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 66% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 1/4" left over
47 3/4"44 3/4"
1. Back boards — 47 3/4"
2. Shelf — 44 3/4"
Board 2 · 47 1/8" left over
47 3/4"
1. Back boards — 47 3/4"
Board 3 · 47 1/8" left over
47 3/4"
1. Back boards — 47 3/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 47 1/8" left over
47 3/4"
1. Front shelf/hook board — 47 3/4"

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.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine 2x6

Board 1 · 11 7/8" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

Board 1 · 2 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 47 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 47 1/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

Board 1 · 47 1/8" left over