Tilt-Out Trash / Recycling Cabinet — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

2 boards · 8.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over
29 1/4"29 1/4"18"16 1/2"
1. Box sides — 29 1/4"
2. Box sides — 29 1/4"
3. Box top — 18"
4. Box bottom shelf — 16 1/2"
Board 2 · 67 1/2" left over
16"11 1/4"
1. Door shelf — 16"
2. Door side wings — 11 1/4"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

2 boards · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 10" left over
25"25"18"16 1/2"
1. Door stiles — 25"
2. Door stiles — 25"
3. Front trim, 1x3 — 18"
4. Back supports — 16 1/2"
Board 2 · 52 1/8" left over
16 1/2"13"13"
1. Back supports — 16 1/2"
2. Door rails — 13"
3. Door rails — 13"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 58 3/4" left over
18"18"
1. Front trim, 1x2 — 18"
2. Front trim, 1x2 — 18"

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" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 67 1/2" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 10" left over

Board 2 · 52 1/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 58 3/4" left over