Stair Baluster Outdoor Console Table — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/4" × 1 1/4" — Stair baluster

2 boards · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 26 3/4" left over
34"34"
1. Legs — 34"
2. Legs — 34"
Board 2 · 26 3/4" left over
34"34"
1. Legs — 34"
2. Legs — 34"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

4 boards · 7.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 1/8" left over
39 1/2"39 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Top edge rails — 39 1/2"
2. Top edge rails — 39 1/2"
3. Top apron, short — 11 1/2"
Board 2 · 8" left over
33"33"11 1/2"9"
1. Top apron, long — 33"
2. Top apron, long — 33"
3. Top apron, short — 11 1/2"
4. Top slats — 9"
Board 3 · 3 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

2 boards · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/2" left over
35 1/2"35 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Shelf edge rails — 35 1/2"
2. Shelf edge rails — 35 1/2"
3. Bottom apron, short — 11 1/2"
4. Bottom apron, short — 11 1/2"
Board 2 · 28 3/4" left over
33"33"
1. Bottom apron, long — 33"
2. Bottom apron, long — 33"

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 1/4" × 1 1/4" — Stair baluster

Board 1 · 26 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 26 3/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 4 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 8" left over

Board 3 · 3 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 28 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 22" left over