Small Square Modern Farmhouse Table — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

3 boards · 10.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/8" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"30"
1. Side aprons — 31 3/4"
2. Side aprons — 31 3/4"
3. Legs — 30"
Board 2 · 4 5/8" left over
30"30"30"
1. Legs — 30"
2. Legs — 30"
3. Legs — 30"
Board 3 · 36 3/4" left over
29"29"
1. Leg-side aprons — 29"
2. Leg-side aprons — 29"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

2 boards · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 70% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 28 3/4" left over
33"33"
1. Under-tabletop supports — 33"
2. Under-tabletop supports — 33"
Board 2 · 28 3/4" left over
33"33"
1. Under-tabletop supports — 33"
2. Under-tabletop supports — 33"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

3 boards · 6.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 31 1/4" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"
1. Tabletop boards — 31 3/4"
2. Tabletop boards — 31 3/4"
Board 2 · 31 1/4" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"
1. Tabletop boards — 31 3/4"
2. Tabletop boards — 31 3/4"
Board 3 · 31 1/4" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"
1. Tabletop boards — 31 3/4"
2. Tabletop boards — 31 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" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

Board 1 · 1 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 4 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 36 3/4" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

Board 1 · 28 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 28 3/4" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

Board 1 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 31 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 31 1/4" left over