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Tapered Hanging Planter — board plan

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

Buy 2 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 1"

2 boards · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 5/8" left over

    1. Top frame front/back, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 10"
    2. Top frame front/back, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 10"
    3. Top frame side, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 10"
    4. Top frame side, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 10"
    5. Corner, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 7"
    6. Corner, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 7"
    7. Corner, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 7"
    8. Corner, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 7"
    9. Front/back top, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 7"
    10. Front/back top, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 7"
    11. Front/back 2nd, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 7"

  2. Board 2 · 10 1/8" left over

    1. Front/back 2nd, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 7"
    2. Bottom, 1x2 — 7"
    3. Bottom, 1x2 — 7"
    4. Front/back 3rd, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 6"
    5. Front/back 3rd, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 6"
    6. Front/back bottom, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 5"
    7. Front/back bottom, 1x2 (see Step 1 for angles) — 5"
    8. Side, 1x2 — 5"
    9. Side, 1x2 — 5"
    10. Side, 1x2 — 5"
    11. Side, 1x2 — 5"
    12. Side, 1x2 — 5"
    13. Side, 1x2 — 5"
    14. Side, 1x2 — 5"
    15. Side, 1x2 — 5"

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.