Truck Shelf or Desk Organizer — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 43 1/4" left over
28 1/4"8 3/4"8 3/4"5 1/2"
1. Main base — 28 1/4"
2. Truck bed front and back — 8 3/4"
3. Truck bed front and back — 8 3/4"
4. Cab back — 5 1/2"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 14% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 82 3/4" left over
6"6"
1. Cab sides — 6"
2. Cab sides — 6"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 5% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 90 7/8" left over
4"
1. Cab front — 4"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine

2 boards · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7/8" left over
23 3/4"23 3/4"23 3/4"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"
1. Truck bed sides — 23 3/4"
2. Truck bed sides — 23 3/4"
3. Truck bed sides — 23 3/4"
4. Wheel support blocks — 5 1/2"
5. Wheel support blocks — 5 1/2"
6. Wheel support blocks — 5 1/2"
7. Bumpers — 5 1/2"
Board 2 · 65 1/2" left over
23 3/4"5 1/2"
1. Truck bed sides —

1/2" × 3" — Plywood

1 board · 0.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 11% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 85 5/8" left over
3"3"3"
1. Wheels — 3"
2. Wheels — 3"
3. Wheels — 3"

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" × 5 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 43 1/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 82 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 90 7/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 65 1/2" left over

1/2" × 3" — Plywood

Board 1 · 85 5/8" left over