Tabletop Ice Cream Parlor Playset — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 67 1/2" left over
12"12"1 1/2"1 1/2"
1. Base, long boards — 12"
2. Base, long boards — 12"
3. Base, end caps — 1 1/2"
4. Base, end caps — 1 1/2"

3/4" × 3/4" — Wood square stock

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 12% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 84 3/8" left over
10 1/2"
1. Top bar — 10 1/2"

1/2" × 1/2" — Wood dowel

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 66 3/4" left over
14"14"
1. Support dowels — 14"
2. Support dowels — 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.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 67 1/2" left over

3/4" × 3/4" — Wood square stock

Board 1 · 84 3/8" left over

1/2" × 1/2" — Wood dowel

Board 1 · 66 3/4" left over