Ultimate Easy to Build Craft Table — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

4 boards · 20.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 3/8" left over
34 1/2"34 1/2"21 1/4"
1. Shelf tower sides — 34 1/2"
2. Shelf tower sides — 34 1/2"
3. Shelf tower shelves — 21 1/4"
Board 2 · 4 3/8" left over
34 1/2"34 1/2"21 1/4"
1. Shelf tower sides — 34 1/2"
2. Shelf tower sides — 34 1/2"
3. Shelf tower shelves — 21 1/4"
Board 3 · 9 1/2" left over
21 1/4"21 1/4"21 1/4"21 1/4"
1. Shelf tower shelves — 21 1/4"
2. Shelf tower shelves — 21 1/4"
3. Shelf tower shelves — 21 1/4"
4. Shelf tower shelves — 21 1/4"
Board 4 · 52 1/4" left over
21 1/4"21 1/4"
1. Shelf tower shelves — 21 1/4"
2. Shelf tower shelves — 21 1/4"

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8

3 boards · 10.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5" left over
34 1/2"34 1/2"10 1/4"10 1/4"
1. Cubby tower sides — 34 1/2"
2. Cubby tower sides — 34 1/2"
3. Cubby tower shelves — 10 1/4"
4. Cubby tower shelves — 10 1/4"
Board 2 · 5" left over
34 1/2"34 1/2"10 1/4"10 1/4"
1. Cubby tower sides — 34 1/2"
2. Cubby tower sides — 34 1/2"
3. Cubby tower shelves — 10 1/4"
4. Cubby tower shelves — 10 1/4"
Board 3

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

1 board · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 96% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 1/2" left over
24 1/4"24 1/4"21 1/4"21 1/4"
1. Drawer faces — 24 1/4"
2. Drawer faces — 24 1/4"
3. Shelf back supports — 21 1/4"
4. Shelf back supports — 21 1/4"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

2 boards · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 1/2" left over
22"22"22"22"
1. Drawer box front and back — 22"
2. Drawer box front and back — 22"
3. Drawer box front and back — 22"
4. Drawer box front and back — 22"
Board 2 · 46 1/2" left over
12"12"12"12"
1. Drawer box sides — 12"
2. Drawer box sides — 12"
3. Drawer box sides — 12"
4. Drawer box sides — 12"

1/4" × 12" — 1/4" plywood, 24" x 24"

1 board · 1.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 50% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 47 3/4" left over
23 1/2"23 1/2"
1. Drawer bottoms — 23 1/2"
2. Drawer bottoms — 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.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

Board 1 · 4 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 4 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 9 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 52 1/4" left over

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8

Board 1 · 5" left over

Board 2 · 5" left over

Board 3

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 3 1/2" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 6 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 46 1/2" left over

1/4" × 12" — 1/4" plywood, 24" x 24"

Board 1 · 47 3/4" left over