Easy Wall Mail or Magazine Bin Shelf — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

2 boards · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 53% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5 7/8" left over
27 3/4"27 3/4"11"11"11"
1. Frame stiles — 27 3/4"
2. Frame stiles — 27 3/4"
3. Frame rails — 11"
4. Frame rails — 11"
5. Frame rails — 11"
Board 2 · 83 7/8" left over
11"
1. Frame rails — 11"

1/4" × 8" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 36% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 61 5/8" left over
11"11"11"
1. Bin fronts — 11"
2. Bin fronts — 11"
3. Bin fronts — 11"

1/4" × 7 1/4" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 28% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 69 1/2" left over
4 1/8"4 1/8"4 1/8"4 1/8"4 1/8"4 1/8"
1. Bin sides — 4 1/8"
2. Bin sides — 4 1/8"
3. Bin sides — 4 1/8"
4. Bin sides — 4 1/8"
5. Bin sides — 4 1/8"
6. Bin sides — 4 1/8"

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" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 5 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 83 7/8" left over

1/4" × 8" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 61 5/8" left over

1/4" × 7 1/4" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 69 1/2" left over