Taylor's Coffee Table — board plan

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

Buy 12 boards at 8 ft.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 5.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 40 1/2" left over
13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"
1. Legs — 13 1/2"
2. Legs — 13 1/2"
3. Legs — 13 1/2"
4. Legs — 13 1/2"

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine

4 boards · 13.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 53% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 44 7/8" left over
50"
1. Tabletop, main boards — 50"
Board 2 · 44 7/8" left over
50"
1. Tabletop, main boards — 50"
Board 3 · 44 7/8" left over
50"
1. Tabletop, main boards — 50"
Board 4 · 44 7/8" left over
50"
1. Tabletop, main boards — 50"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 2.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 63% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 36" left over
21 1/2"20"8 1/2"8 1/2"
1. Bottom shelf support, center — 21 1/2"
2. Under-tabletop support — 20"
3. Bottom shelf T-piece legs — 8 1/2"
4. Bottom shelf T-piece legs — 8 1/2"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

3 boards · 4.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over
50"41"
1. Tabletop spacers — 50"
2. Bottom shelf supports, long — 41"
Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over
50"41"
1. Tabletop spacers — 50"
2. Bottom shelf supports, long — 41"
Board 3 · 17 1/2" left over
21 1/2"21 1/2"17"17"
1. Bottom shelf supports, short —

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

2 boards · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 12 3/4" left over
41"41"
1. Long aprons — 41"
2. Long aprons — 41"
Board 2 · 60 3/4" left over
17"17"
1. Short aprons — 17"
2. Short aprons — 17"

1/2" × 24" — Plywood

1 board · 4.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Bottom shelf — 48"

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 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 40 1/2" left over

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 44 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 44 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 44 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 44 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 36" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 3 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 17 1/2" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 12 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 60 3/4" left over

1/2" × 24" — Plywood

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over