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Stuffed Animal Storage — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 46 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom Horizontal Support with 1/4" thick routed groove, 1/4" deep — 24"
    2. Bottom Horizontal Support with 1/4" thick routed groove, 1/4" deep — 24"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2" left over

    1. Top Frame — 13"
    2. Top Frame — 13"
    3. Vertical Frame — 11"
    4. Vertical Frame — 11"
    5. Vertical Frame — 11"
    6. Vertical Frame — 11"
    7. Bottom Frame, with 1/4" thick routed groove, 1/4" deep, 1/8" from the edge — 11"
    8. Bottom Frame, with 1/4" thick routed groove, 1/4" deep, 1/8" from the edge — 11"

  2. Board 2 · 82 3/4" left over

    1. Hook — 6"
    2. Hook — 6"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 70% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 28 1/2" left over

    1. Top Horizontal Support — 24"
    2. Top Horizontal Support — 24"
    3. Side Support — 9"
    4. Side Support — 9"

1/4" × 9"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 70 7/8" left over

    1. Bottom Corral Bed — 24"

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.