Truss End Table — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

2 boards · 6.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/8" left over
31 1/2"31 1/2"31 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 31 1/2"
2. Tabletop boards — 31 1/2"
3. Tabletop boards — 31 1/2"
Board 2 · 31 3/4" left over
31 1/2"31 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 31 1/2"
2. Tabletop boards — 31 1/2"

1 1/2" × 2 1/2" — Pine 2x3

2 boards · 4.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/2" left over
27"27"27"13"
1. Truss legs — 27"
2. Truss legs — 27"
3. Truss legs — 27"
4. Upper truss braces — 13"
Board 2 · 35" left over
27"13"9 3/4"9 3/4"
1. Truss legs — 27"
2. Upper truss braces — 13"
3. Lower truss braces — 9 3/4"
4. Lower truss braces — 9 3/4"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 56% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 42 1/4" left over
26 1/4"26 1/4"
1. Side supports — 26 1/4"
2. Side supports — 26 1/4"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 3/4" left over
24"24"
1. Top angle brace — 24"
2. Top angle brace — 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" — Pine 2x4

Board 1 · 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 31 3/4" left over

1 1/2" × 2 1/2" — Pine 2x3

Board 1 · 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 35" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

Board 1 · 42 1/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

Board 1 · 46 3/4" left over