Stair Baluster Play Vanity — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

2" × 2" — Turned baluster

1 board · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 12 1/2" left over
20 1/2"20 1/2"20 1/2"20 1/2"
1. Legs (balusters, cut to height) — 20 1/2"
2. Legs (balusters, cut to height) — 20 1/2"
3. Legs (balusters, cut to height) — 20 1/2"
4. Legs (balusters, cut to height) — 20 1/2"

3/4" × 16" — Plywood or panel

1 board · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over
24"
1. Top — 24"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

2 boards · 3.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 3/4" left over
24"18 1/4"16"16"14 1/2"2 3/4"
1. Base front rail — 24"
2. Drawer face — 18 1/4"
3. Drawer front/back — 16"
4. Drawer front/back — 16"
5. Base long rails — 14 1/2"
6. Base short rails — 2 3/4"
Board 2 · 20" left over
14 1/2"14 1/2"14 1/2"14"

1/4" × 17 1/2" — Plywood

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 16% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 80 7/8" left over
14"
1. 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.

2" × 2" — Turned baluster

Board 1 · 12 1/2" left over

3/4" × 16" — Plywood or panel

Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 2 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 20" left over

1/4" × 17 1/2" — Plywood

Board 1 · 80 7/8" left over