Two-Person Picnic Table — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6

5 boards · 25.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7 1/8" left over
32 7/8"32 7/8"21 3/4"
1. Back legs — 32 7/8"
2. Back legs — 32 7/8"
3. Tabletop cross support — 21 3/4"
Board 2 · 11 5/8" left over
32"32"19"
1. Tabletop boards — 32"
2. Tabletop boards — 32"
3. Front legs — 19"
Board 3 · 11 5/8" left over
32"32"19"
1. Tabletop boards — 32"
2. Tabletop boards — 32"
3. Front legs — 19"
Board 4 · 30 3/4" left over
32"32"
1. Seat boards — 32"
2. Seat boards — 32"
Board 5 · 30 3/4" left over
32"32"
1. Seat boards — 32"
2. Seat boards — 32"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

3 boards · 9.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over
60"26"
1. Seat back stringer — 60"
2. Inner tabletop supports — 26"
Board 2 · 8" left over
26"24 1/2"24 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Inner tabletop supports — 26"
2. Seat supports — 24 1/2"
3. Seat supports — 24 1/2"
4. Seat front stringers — 11 1/2"
Board 3 · 36 1/8" left over
23 1/2"23 1/2"

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" × 5 1/2" — 2x6

Board 1 · 7 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 11 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 11 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 30 3/4" left over

Board 5 · 30 3/4" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 8" left over

Board 3 · 36 1/8" left over