Small Square Farmhouse Dining Table — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4

2 boards · 11.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 1/8" left over
29 1/2"29 1/2"29 1/2"
1. Legs — 29 1/2"
2. Legs — 29 1/2"
3. Legs — 29 1/2"
Board 2 · 65 3/8" left over
29 1/2"
1. Legs — 29 1/2"

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6, ripped and edge-joined

1 board · 6.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 99% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/2" left over
23 1/2"23 1/2"23 1/2"23 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 23 1/2"
2. Tabletop boards — 23 1/2"
3. Tabletop boards — 23 1/2"
4. Tabletop boards — 23 1/2"

1 1/2" × 2 1/2" — 2x3

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 35 1/4" left over
29 3/4"29 3/4"
1. X-stretcher pieces — 29 3/4"
2. X-stretcher pieces — 29 3/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 43% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 54 3/4" left over
20"20"
1. Skirt boards — 20"
2. Skirt boards — 20"

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 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4

Board 1 · 6 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 65 3/8" left over

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6, ripped and edge-joined

Board 1 · 1/2" left over

1 1/2" × 2 1/2" — 2x3

Board 1 · 35 1/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 54 3/4" left over