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Two Large Outdoor Farmhouse X-Style Planters — board plan

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

Buy 17 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 3"

1 board · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 22 1/2" left over

    1. Bottoms if placing plastic planter inside wood planter — 18"
    2. Bottoms if placing plastic planter inside wood planter — 18"
    3. Bottoms if placing plastic planter inside wood planter — 18"
    4. Bottoms if placing plastic planter inside wood planter — 18"

1" × 1"

6 boards · 4.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 15 1/8" left over

    1. Legs — 26 1/2"
    2. Legs — 26 1/2"
    3. Legs — 26 1/2"

  2. Board 2 · 15 1/8" left over

    1. Legs — 26 1/2"
    2. Legs — 26 1/2"
    3. Legs — 26 1/2"

  3. Board 3 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Legs — 26 1/2"
    2. Legs — 26 1/2"
    3. Top Cross Boards — 21"
    4. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"

  4. Board 4 · 13 1/2" left over

    1. Top Cross Boards — 21"
    2. Top Cross Boards — 21"
    3. Top Cross Boards — 21"
    4. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"

  5. Board 5 · 4 3/8" left over

    1. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"
    2. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"
    3. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"
    4. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"
    5. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"

  6. Board 6 · 4 3/8" left over

    1. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"
    2. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"
    3. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"
    4. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"
    5. Upper & Lower Cross Boards — 18"

3/4" × 18"

3 boards · 22.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 75% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. Plywood Boards — 22"
    2. Plywood Boards — 22"
    3. Plywood Boards — 22"
    4. Plywood Boards — 22"

  2. Board 2 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. Plywood Boards — 22"
    2. Plywood Boards — 22"
    3. Plywood Boards — 22"
    4. Plywood Boards — 22"

  3. Board 3 · 58 3/4" left over

    1. Bottoms if placing soil directly in planter — 18"
    2. Bottoms if placing soil directly in planter — 18"

3/4" × 2"

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 22 1/2" left over

    1. Plywood Interior Supports — 18"
    2. Plywood Interior Supports — 18"
    3. Plywood Interior Supports — 18"
    4. Plywood Interior Supports — 18"

3/4" × 1"

6 boards · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 5/8" left over

    1. X - Full Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 30"
    2. X - Full Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 30"
    3. X - Full Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 30"

  2. Board 2 · 4 5/8" left over

    1. X - Full Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 30"
    2. X - Full Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 30"
    3. X - Full Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 30"

  3. Board 3 · 4 1/2" left over

    1. X - Full Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 30"
    2. X - Full Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 30"
    3. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    4. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"

  4. Board 4 · 4 1/4" left over

    1. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    2. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    3. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    4. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    5. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    6. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"

  5. Board 5 · 4 1/4" left over

    1. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    2. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    3. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    4. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    5. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    6. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"

  6. Board 6 · 64 3/4" left over

    1. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"
    2. X - Half Length (This is rough cut measurment - you will cut angles on these ends in steps) — 15"

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.