Vintage Workbench Console — board plan

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

Buy 16 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine 2x6

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 20% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 76 3/4" left over
14"4"
1. Tabletop trim, 2x6 front (towel bar board) — 14"
2. Tabletop trim, 2x6 short — 4"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

7 boards · 22.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 1/4" left over
64"21 1/2"
1. Tabletop trim, 2x4 long — 64"
2. Feet, bottom pieces — 21 1/2"
Board 2 · 12 1/4" left over
61"21 1/2"
1. Tabletop boards — 61"
2. Feet, bottom pieces — 21 1/2"
Board 3 · 1 1/8" left over
61"19 1/2"13"
1. Tabletop boards — 61"
2. Feet, top pieces — 19 1/2"
3. Tabletop trim, 2x4 short — 13"
Board 4 · 14 1/4" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 28% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 68 3/4" left over
13"13"
1. Top of leg support — 13"
2. Top of leg support — 13"

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine 1x12

1 board · 3.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Bottom of shelf — 48"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

2 boards · 4.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 22 1/8" left over
49 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Shelf sides — 49 1/2"
2. Shelf ends — 11 1/2"
3. Shelf ends — 11 1/2"
Board 2 · 45 3/8" left over
49 1/2"
1. Shelf sides — 49 1/2"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

2 boards · 3.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 3/8" left over
30 3/4"30 3/4"30 3/4"
1. Leg fronts and backs — 30 3/4"
2. Leg fronts and backs — 30 3/4"
3. Leg fronts and backs — 30 3/4"
Board 2 · 18 3/8" left over
30 3/4"15 1/2"15 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"3 1/2"
1. Leg fronts and backs — 30 3/4"
2. Bottom of legs — 15 1/2"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

2 boards · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 65% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 3/8" left over
30 3/4"30 3/4"30 3/4"
1. Leg sides — 30 3/4"
2. Leg sides — 30 3/4"
3. Leg sides — 30 3/4"
Board 2 · 64 1/8" left over
30 3/4"
1. Leg sides — 30 3/4"

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.

Vintage Workbench Console — board plan

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine 2x6

Board 1 · 76 3/4" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

Board 1 · 9 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 12 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 1 1/8" left over

Board 4 · 14 1/4" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

Board 1 · 68 3/4" left over

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine 1x12

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine 1x6

Board 1 · 22 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 45 3/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

Board 1 · 2 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 18 3/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

Board 1 · 2 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 64 1/8" left over

Board 5 · 14 3/4" left over

Board 6 · 33 7/8" left over

Board 7 · 46 3/8" left over