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Tall Nightstand with Open Shelf — board plan

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

Buy 12 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

2 boards · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 1/2" left over

    1. Legs — 28"
    2. Legs — 28"
    3. Legs — 28"
    4. Corbels — 7"

  2. Board 2 · 15 1/4" left over

    1. Legs — 28"
    2. Side braces — 11"
    3. Side braces — 11"
    4. Side braces — 11"
    5. Side braces — 11"
    6. Corbels — 7"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 20% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 76 7/8" left over

    1. Botton drawer front — 18"

3/4" × 5"

2 boards · 4.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. Top boards — 23"
    2. Top boards — 23"
    3. Top boards — 23"
    4. Shelf boards — 19"

  2. Board 2 · 38 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf boards — 19"
    2. Shelf boards — 19"
    3. Top drawer front — 18"

3/4" × 3"

2 boards · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 57% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 9 1/8" left over

    1. Back support — 19"
    2. Side panels — 11"
    3. Side panels — 11"
    4. Side panels — 11"
    5. Side panels — 11"
    6. Side panels — 11"
    7. Side panels — 11"

  2. Board 2 · 72 3/4" left over

    1. Side panels — 11"
    2. Side panels — 11"

3/4" × 1"

2 boards · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 54% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 3/8" left over

    1. Top front — 22"
    2. Center braces — 19"
    3. Center braces — 19"
    4. Center braces — 19"
    5. Side top — 11"

  2. Board 2 · 83 7/8" left over

    1. Side top — 11"

1/2" × 6"

1 board · 1.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 36 1/2" left over

    1. Large drawer box front/back — 17"
    2. Large drawer box front/back — 17"
    3. Large drawer box sides — 12"
    4. Large drawer box sides — 12"

1/2" × 4"

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 36 1/2" left over

    1. Small drawer box front/back — 17"
    2. Small drawer box front/back — 17"
    3. Small drawer box sides — 12"
    4. Small drawer box sides — 12"

1/4" × 12"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 37% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 60 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer box bottoms — 17"
    2. Drawer box bottoms — 17"

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.