Sunday Trinket Box — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

1/2" × 5 1/2" — 1/2" craft board or cedar picket

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 13% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 83 3/4" left over
5 1/2"5 1/2"
1. Top and bottom — 5 1/2"
2. Top and bottom — 5 1/2"

1/2" × 4 3/8" — 1/2" craft board or cedar picket

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 6% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 90 1/2" left over
4 3/8"
1. Inner lid — 4 3/8"

1/2" × 2 1/2" — 1/2" craft board or cedar picket

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 22% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 74 1/2" left over
5 1/2"5 1/2"4 1/2"4 1/2"
1. Front and back — 5 1/2"
2. Front and back — 5 1/2"
3. Sides — 4 1/2"
4. Sides — 4 1/2"

1/2" × 1/2" — 1/2" craft board or cedar picket

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 2% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 93 7/8" left over
1"
1. Pull — 1"

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.

1/2" × 5 1/2" — 1/2" craft board or cedar picket

Board 1 · 83 3/4" left over

1/2" × 4 3/8" — 1/2" craft board or cedar picket

Board 1 · 90 1/2" left over

1/2" × 2 1/2" — 1/2" craft board or cedar picket

Board 1 · 74 1/2" left over

1/2" × 1/2" — 1/2" craft board or cedar picket

Board 1 · 93 7/8" left over