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Toy Box with Easel — board plan

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

Buy 12 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 20"

2 boards · 13.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 3/4" left over

    1. Side Panel — 40"
    2. Side Panel — 40"

  2. Board 2 · 65 7/8" left over

    1. Easel Panel — 29"

3/4" × 19"

1 board · 8.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 21 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom — 39"
    2. Middle Panel — 34"

3/4" × 10"

1 board · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 42% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 55 7/8" left over

    1. Front Panel — 39"

3/4" × 9"

1 board · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 41% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 56 3/4" left over

    1. Lower Shelf — 19"
    2. Lower Shelf — 19"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 3.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 17 5/8" left over

    1. Top — 39"
    2. Upper Shelf — 19"
    3. Upper Shelf — 19"

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 2.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 12 5/8" left over

    1. Front Apron — 42"
    2. Left Side Apron — 20"
    3. Right Side Apron — 20"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 3/4" left over

    1. Base Support — 41"
    2. Top Rail — 39"

  2. Board 2 · 18 1/2" left over

    1. Back Cleat — 19"
    2. Back Cleat — 19"
    3. Back Cleat — 19"
    4. Back Cleat — 19"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 1/2" left over

    1. Easel Cleat — 21"
    2. Easel Cleat — 21"
    3. Easel Stop — 21"
    4. Easel Stop — 21"

3/4" × 3/4"

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 22% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 74 7/8" left over

    1. Easel Lip — 20"

1/4" × 34"

1 board · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 42% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 55 7/8" left over

    1. Back Panel — 39"

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.