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Small Space Desk — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

3" × 16 3/4"

1 board · 10.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 28% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 68 7/8" left over

    1. Desk Bottom — 26"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2"

2 boards · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 8 3/8" left over

    1. Desk Legs — 28 3/4"
    2. Desk Legs — 28 3/4"
    3. Desk Legs — 28 3/4"

  2. Board 2 · 33 7/8" left over

    1. Desk Legs — 28 3/4"
    2. Desk Bottom Supports — 16"
    3. Desk Bottom Supports — 16"

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 2.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 31% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 65 7/8" left over

    1. Desk Top — 29"

3/4" × 4 1/2"

1 board · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 36 5/8" left over

    1. Desk Back — 26"
    2. Desk Side — 16"
    3. Desk Side — 16"

3/4" × 3 1/2"

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 33 3/8" left over

    1. Desk Top Dividers — 17 1/2"
    2. Desk Top Dividers — 17 1/2"
    3. Desk Drawer Front — 12"
    4. Desk Front — 7"
    5. Desk Front — 7"

3/4" × 3"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 47 1/2" left over

    1. Desk Drawer Box Sides — 14"
    2. Desk Drawer Box Sides — 14"
    3. Desk Drawer Box Front and Back — 9 1/2"
    4. Desk Drawer Box Front and Back — 9 1/2"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 28% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 68 7/8" left over

    1. Desk Front Rail — 26"

1/4" × 11"

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 16% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 80 7/8" left over

    1. Desk Drawer Bottom — 14"

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.