Wall-Mounted Drop-Leaf Folding Table — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 18 11/16" — Plywood or edge-glued hardwood panel

1 board · 4.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 47% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 50 7/8" left over
44"
1. Tabletop panel — 44"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

2 boards · 3.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over
44"44"
1. Wall bracket top/bottom rails — 44"
2. Wall bracket top/bottom rails — 44"
Board 2 · 11 7/8" left over
22 5/8"22 5/8"18 11/16"18 11/16"
1. Wall bracket side supports — 22 5/8"
2. Wall bracket side supports — 22 5/8"
3. Folding leg braces — 18 11/16"
4. Folding leg braces — 18 11/16"

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" × 18 11/16" — Plywood or edge-glued hardwood panel

Board 1 · 50 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 6 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 11 7/8" left over