Vegetable Bins — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

5 boards · 8.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/8" left over
31 1/2"31 1/2"31 1/2"
1. Top/bottom panel boards — 31 1/2"
2. Top/bottom panel boards — 31 1/2"
3. Top/bottom panel boards — 31 1/2"
Board 2 · 1/8" left over
31 1/2"31 1/2"31 1/2"
1. Top/bottom panel boards — 31 1/2"
2. Top/bottom panel boards — 31 1/2"
3. Top/bottom panel boards — 31 1/2"
Board 3 · 2 3/4" left over
31 1/2"12"12"12"12"12"
1. Lip — 31 1/2"
2. Side panel boards — 12"
3. Side panel boards — 12"
4. Side panel boards — 12"
5. Side panel boards — 12"
6. Side panel boards — 12"
Board 4 · 5 1/2" left over
12"12"12"10 1/2"10 1/2"10 1/2"10 1/2"10 1/2"
1. Side panel boards — 12"
2. Lip sides — 12"
3. Lip sides — 12"
4. Divider panel boards — 10 1/2"
5. Divider panel boards — 10 1/2"
6. Divider panel boards — 10 1/2"
7. Divider panel boards — 10 1/2"
8. Divider panel boards — 10 1/2"
Board 5 · 84 3/8" left over
10 1/2"
1. Divider panel boards — 10 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" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 2 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 5 1/2" left over

Board 5 · 84 3/8" left over