Tomato Cage Planter — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2 furring

4 boards · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 75% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 14 3/4" left over
40"40"
1. Cage uprights — 40"
2. Cage uprights — 40"
Board 2 · 14 3/4" left over
40"40"
1. Cage uprights — 40"
2. Cage uprights — 40"
Board 3 · 1 1/4" left over
15 1/2"15 1/2"15 1/2"15 1/2"15 1/2"15 1/2"
1. Cage rungs — 15 1/2"
2. Cage rungs — 15 1/2"
3. Cage rungs — 15 1/2"
4. Cage rungs — 15 1/2"
5. Cage rungs — 15 1/2"
6. Cage rungs — 15 1/2"
Board 4 · 63 3/4" left over
15 1/2"15 1/2"
1. Cage rungs — 15 1/2"
2. Cage rungs — 15 1/2"

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

2 boards · 3.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 74% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5 3/8" left over
18"18"18"18"17"
1. Box sides, long — 18"
2. Box sides, long — 18"
3. Box sides, long — 18"
4. Box sides, long — 18"
5. Box sides, short — 17"
Board 2 · 43 5/8" left over
17"17"17"
1. Box sides, short — 17"
2. Box sides, short — 17"
3. Box sides, short — 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.

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2 furring

Board 1 · 14 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 14 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 1 1/4" left over

Board 4 · 63 3/4" left over

5/8" × 5 1/2" — Cedar fence picket

Board 1 · 5 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 43 5/8" left over