Tryed Side Table — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4 post

1 board · 8.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 12 1/2" left over
20 1/2"20 1/2"20 1/2"20 1/2"
1. Legs — 20 1/2"
2. Legs — 20 1/2"
3. Legs — 20 1/2"
4. Legs — 20 1/2"

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine 2x6

1 board · 4.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 34 1/2" left over
15"15"15"15"
1. Tabletop center pieces — 15"
2. Tabletop center pieces — 15"
3. Tabletop center pieces — 15"
4. Tabletop center pieces — 15"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

2 boards · 4.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 54% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8 3/8" left over
22"22"14"14"14"
1. Tabletop breadboard ends — 22"
2. Tabletop breadboard ends — 22"
3. Aprons — 14"
4. Aprons — 14"
5. Aprons — 14"
Board 2 · 80 7/8" left over
14"
1. Aprons — 14"

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 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 4x4 post

Board 1 · 12 1/2" left over

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine 2x6

Board 1 · 34 1/2" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

Board 1 · 8 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 80 7/8" left over