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Toy Treasure Chest — board plan

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

Buy 12 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 18"

1 board · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 72 3/8" left over

    1. Bottom — 22 1/2"

3/4" × 14"

1 board · 7.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 1/2" left over

    1. Box side — 24"
    2. Box side — 24"
    3. Box end — 18"
    4. Box end — 18"

3/4" × 2 3/8"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 43% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 54 3/4" left over

    1. Lid end — 20"
    2. Lid end — 20"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 49% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 48 3/4" left over

    1. Lid sides — 23"
    2. Lid sides — 23"

1/4" × 18 1/2"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 71 7/8" left over

    1. Lid top — 23"

1/4" × 2 1/2"

2 boards · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 1/4" left over

    1. Corner trim — 14"
    2. Corner trim — 14"
    3. Corner trim — 14"
    4. Corner trim — 14"
    5. Corner trim — 14"
    6. Corner trim — 14"

  2. Board 2 · 66 3/4" left over

    1. Corner trim — 14"
    2. Corner trim — 14"

1/4" × 1 1/2"

4 boards · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 1/8" left over

    1. Lid long trim — 23"
    2. Lid long trim — 23"
    3. Lid center trim — 20"
    4. Small side trim — 19 1/2"
    5. Vertical box trim — 4 3/4"

  2. Board 2 · 1 1/4" left over

    1. Small side trim — 19 1/2"
    2. Small side trim — 19 1/2"
    3. Small side trim — 19 1/2"
    4. Small side trim — 19 1/2"
    5. Lid end trim — 15 1/8"

  3. Board 3 · 1 5/8" left over

    1. Small side trim — 19 1/2"
    2. Lid end trim — 15 1/8"
    3. Small end trim — 14 1/2"
    4. Small end trim — 14 1/2"
    5. Small end trim — 14 1/2"
    6. Small end trim — 14 1/2"

  4. Board 4 · 31 5/8" left over

    1. Small end trim — 14 1/2"
    2. Small end trim — 14 1/2"
    3. Vertical box trim — 4 3/4"
    4. Vertical box trim — 4 3/4"
    5. Vertical box trim — 4 3/4"
    6. Vertical box trim — 4 3/4"
    7. Vertical box trim — 4 3/4"
    8. Vertical box trim — 4 3/4"
    9. Vertical box trim — 4 3/4"

1/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 27% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 70 1/2" left over

    1. Small lid trim — 6"
    2. Small lid trim — 6"
    3. Small lid trim — 6"
    4. Small lid trim — 6"

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.