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Twin Size Board and Batten Headboard — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 5% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 90 3/4" left over

    1. Bed posts — 2"
    2. Bed posts — 2"

3/4" × 3 1/2"

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 30 3/4" left over

    1. Horizontal rails — 32"
    2. Horizontal rails — 32"

3/4" × 1 1/2"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 47 3/8" left over

    1. Top rail — 39"
    2. Vertical slats — 2"
    3. Vertical slats — 2"
    4. Vertical slats — 2"
    5. Vertical slats — 2"

1/4" × 30"

1 board · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 62 7/8" left over

    1. Plywood backing — 32"

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.