Toddler Chalkboard Easel — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 71 7/8" left over
23"
1. Tray bottom — 23"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

4 boards · 2.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 5/8" left over
36"36"20"
1. Frame legs — 36"
2. Frame legs — 36"
3. Frame top and bottom — 20"
Board 2 · 8 1/8" left over
31"31"24 1/2"
1. Back frame, long — 31"
2. Back frame, long — 31"
3. Tray front — 24 1/2"
Board 3 · 5 1/2" left over
23"23"23"20"
1. Back frame, short — 23"
2. Back frame, short — 23"
3. Tray back — 23"
4. Frame top and bottom — 20"
Board 4 · 64 3/4" left over
15"15"
1. Tray sides — 15"
2. Tray sides — 15"

3/4" × 3/4" — Hardwood dowel, 3/4"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 30% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 66 7/8" left over
28"
1. Paper holder dowel — 28"

1/4" × 19" — Hardboard scrap, 1/4"

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 71 7/8" left over
23"
1. Chalkboard panel — 23"

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" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

Board 1 · 71 7/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

Board 1 · 2 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 8 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 5 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 64 3/4" left over

3/4" × 3/4" — Hardwood dowel, 3/4"

Board 1 · 66 7/8" left over

1/4" × 19" — Hardboard scrap, 1/4"

Board 1 · 71 7/8" left over