Versatile Shop Cart / Workbench with Inserts — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 24" — 3/4" plywood/MDF

1 board · 10.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 3/4" left over
36"36"
1. Top and base panels — 36"
2. Top and base panels — 36"

3/4" × 23 3/4" — 3/4" plywood/MDF

1 board · 5.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over
36"
1. Shelf panel — 36"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

4 boards · 5.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 19 3/4" left over
37 1/2"37 1/2"
1. Base/top frame long — 37 1/2"
2. Base/top frame long — 37 1/2"
Board 2 · 19 3/4" left over
37 1/2"37 1/2"
1. Base/top frame long — 37 1/2"
2. Base/top frame long — 37 1/2"
Board 3 · 22 5/8" left over
24"24"24"
1. Base/top frame short — 24"
2. Base/top frame short — 24"
3. Base/top frame short — 24"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

3 boards · 3.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 1/2" left over
24"24"21"21"
1. Caster mount boards — 24"
2. Caster mount boards — 24"
3. Leg halves — 21"
4. Leg halves — 21"
Board 2 · 10 1/2" left over
21"21"21"21"
1. Leg halves — 21"
2. Leg halves — 21"
3. Leg halves — 21"
4. Leg halves — 21"
Board 3 · 14 1/2" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 47 1/4" left over
23 3/4"23 3/4"
1. Shelf ledger supports — 23 3/4"
2. Shelf ledger supports — 23 3/4"

1/4" × 23" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 1.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over
36"
1. Back — 36"

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" × 24" — 3/4" plywood/MDF

Board 1 · 22 3/4" left over

3/4" × 23 3/4" — 3/4" plywood/MDF

Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 19 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 19 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 22 5/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 4 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 10 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 14 1/2" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 47 1/4" left over

1/4" × 23" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 70 7/8" left over