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

Buy 12 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 17"

1 board · 2.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 24% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 72 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 22"

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 4.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 43 5/8" left over

    1. Bottom — 19"
    2. Side — 16"
    3. Side — 16"

3/4" × 15"

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 17% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 79 7/8" left over

    1. Center — 15"

3/4" × 9"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 17% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 79 7/8" left over

    1. Shelf — 15"

3/4" × 4"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 20% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 76 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer front — 9"
    2. Drawer front — 9"

3/4" × 1"

2 boards · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/4" left over

    1. Base center support — 18"
    2. Base center support — 18"
    3. Base top/bottom — 14"
    4. Base top/bottom — 14"
    5. Base top/bottom — 14"
    6. Base top/bottom — 14"

  2. Board 2 · 78 1/2" left over

    1. Base front/back — 4"
    2. Base front/back — 4"
    3. Base front/back — 4"
    4. Base front/back — 4"

1/2" × 3"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10" left over

    1. Drawer box side — 14"
    2. Drawer box side — 14"
    3. Drawer box side — 14"
    4. Drawer box side — 14"
    5. Drawer box front/back — 7"
    6. Drawer box front/back — 7"
    7. Drawer box front/back — 7"
    8. Drawer box front/back — 7"

1/4" × 15"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 22% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 74 7/8" left over

    1. Cabinet back — 20"

1/4" × 9"

2 boards · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 1/4" left over

    1. Paper shelves — 14"
    2. Paper shelves — 14"
    3. Paper shelves — 14"
    4. Paper shelves — 14"
    5. Paper shelves — 14"
    6. Paper shelves — 14"

  2. Board 2 · 52 5/8" left over

    1. Paper shelves — 14"
    2. Paper shelves — 14"
    3. Paper shelves — 14"

1/4" × 7"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 28% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 68 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer box bottom — 13"
    2. Drawer box bottom — 13"

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.