Tall-Back Wooden Planter Box — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

3 boards · 10.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/4" left over
71 1/2"22"
1. Back legs — 71 1/2"
2. Front legs — 22"
Board 2 · 1 1/4" left over
71 1/2"22"
1. Back legs — 71 1/2"
2. Front legs — 22"
Board 3 · 30 1/2" left over
16"16"16"16"
1. Leg horizontal supports — 16"
2. Leg horizontal supports — 16"
3. Leg horizontal supports — 16"
4. Leg horizontal supports — 16"

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

6 boards · 13.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 14 1/2" left over
20"20"20"20"
1. Side pickets, back — 20"
2. Side pickets, back — 20"
3. Side pickets, back — 20"
4. Side pickets, back — 20"
Board 2 · 14 1/2" left over
20"20"20"20"
1. Side pickets, back — 20"
2. Side pickets, back — 20"
3. Side pickets, back — 20"
4. Side pickets, back — 20"
Board 3 · 18 1/2" 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.

Tall-Back Wooden Planter Box — board plan

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 1 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 1 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 30 1/2" left over

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

Board 1 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 14 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 18 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 18 1/2" left over

Board 5 · 5/8" left over

Board 6 · 19 1/2" left over