Triple Laundry Basket Organizer — board plan

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

Buy 14 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

10 boards · 31.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5 1/2" left over
60"29 1/4"
1. Long horizontal frame — 60"
2. Outer legs — 29 1/4"
Board 2 · 5 1/2" left over
60"29 1/4"
1. Long horizontal frame — 60"
2. Outer legs — 29 1/4"
Board 3 · 5 1/2" left over
60"29 1/4"
1. Long horizontal frame — 60"
2. Outer legs — 29 1/4"
Board 4 · 5 1/2" left over
60"29 1/4"
1. Long horizontal frame — 60"
2. Outer legs — 29 1/4"
Board 5 · 15 7/8" left over
26 1/4"26 1/4"26 1/4"
1. Inner legs — 26 1/4"
2. Inner legs — 26 1/4"
3. Inner legs — 26 1/4"
Board 6 · 20 3/8" left over
26 1/4"24"24"
1. Inner legs — 26 1/4"
2. Basket cleats — 24"
3. Basket cleats — 24"
Board 7 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"24"
1. Basket cleats — 24"
2. Basket cleats — 24"
3. Basket cleats — 24"
Board 8 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"24"
1. Basket cleats — 24"
2. Basket cleats — 24"
3. Basket cleats — 24"
Board 9 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"24"
1. Basket cleats — 24"
2. Basket cleats — 24"
3. Basket cleats — 24"
Board 10 · 70 7/8" left over
24"
1. Basket cleats — 24"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

4 boards · 8.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 70% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"24"
1. Top planking — 24"
2. Top planking — 24"
3. Top planking — 24"
Board 2 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"24"
1. Top planking — 24"
2. Top planking — 24"
3. Top planking — 24"
Board 3 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"24"

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.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 5 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 5 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 5 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 5 1/2" left over

Board 5 · 15 7/8" left over

Board 6 · 20 3/8" left over

Board 7 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 8 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 9 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 10 · 70 7/8" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 22 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 46 3/4" left over