Storage Dining Table — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 20" — 3/4 in plywood

1 board · 4.8 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. Shelves — 20"
2. Shelves — 20"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

3 boards · 2.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 1/8" left over
28 1/2"28 1/2"28 1/2"
1. Leg 1x3 parts — 28 1/2"
2. Leg 1x3 parts — 28 1/2"
3. Leg 1x3 parts — 28 1/2"
Board 2 · 15 1/2" left over
28 1/2"17"17"16 1/2"
1. Leg 1x3 parts — 28 1/2"
2. Outer apron (1x2 sides) — 17"
3. Outer apron (1x2 sides) — 17"
4. Outer apron (1x3 sides) — 16 1/2"
Board 3 · 78 3/8" left over
16 1/2"
1. Outer apron (1x3 sides) — 16 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

4 boards · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 1/8" left over
28 1/2"28 1/2"28 1/2"
1. Leg 1x2 parts — 28 1/2"
2. Leg 1x2 parts — 28 1/2"
3. Leg 1x2 parts — 28 1/2"
Board 2 · 7 1/2" left over
28 1/2"20"20"18 1/2"
1. Leg 1x2 parts — 28 1/2"
2. Inner apron (1x2 sides) — 20"
3. Inner apron (1x2 sides) — 20"
4. Inner apron (1x3 sides) — 18 1/2"
Board 3 · 7 7/8" left over

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.

3/4" × 20" — 3/4 in plywood

Board 1 · 54 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 9 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 15 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 78 3/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 9 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 7 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 7 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 28 1/2" left over