Split Industrial Coffee Table — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

5 boards · 7.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5 1/2" left over
27 1/4"27 1/4"27 1/4"7 1/4"
1. Long stretchers — 27 1/4"
2. Long stretchers — 27 1/4"
3. Long stretchers — 27 1/4"
4. Short leg stretchers — 7 1/4"
Board 2 · 3/8" left over
27 1/4"26 1/8"26 1/8"7 1/4"7 1/4"
1. Long stretchers — 27 1/4"
2. Angled corner braces — 26 1/8"
3. Angled corner braces — 26 1/8"
4. Short leg stretchers — 7 1/4"
5. Short leg stretchers — 7 1/4"
Board 3 · 3/4" left over
17 1/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"7 1/4"
1. Legs — 17 1/4"
2. Legs — 17 1/4"
3. Legs — 17 1/4"
4. Legs — 17 1/4"
5. Legs — 17 1/4"
6. Short leg stretchers — 7 1/4"
Board 4 · 8 3/8" left over
17 1/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"17 1/4"17"
1. Legs — 17 1/4"
2. Legs — 17 1/4"
3. Legs — 17 1/4"
4. Diagonal center brace — 17 1/4"
5. Mid stretchers — 17"
Board 5 · 43 5/8" left over
17"17"17"
1. Mid stretchers — 17"
2. Mid stretchers — 17"
3. Mid stretchers — 17"

3/4" × 7 1/4" — Pine

2 boards · 6.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 75% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 7/8" left over
28 1/4"28 1/4"28 1/4"
1. Top boards, parallel-cut ends — 28 1/4"
2. Top boards, parallel-cut ends — 28 1/4"
3. Top boards, perpendicular-cut ends — 28 1/4"
Board 2 · 38 7/8" left over
28 1/4"13 3/4"13 3/4"
1. Top boards, perpendicular-cut ends — 28 1/4"
2. Top boards, narrow — 13 3/4"
3. Top boards, narrow — 13 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" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 5 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 8 3/8" left over

Board 5 · 43 5/8" left over

3/4" × 7 1/4" — Pine

Board 1 · 9 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 38 7/8" left over