Wedding Benches — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine

2 boards · 12.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 98% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 1/4" left over
92 5/8"
1. Seat support boards — 92 5/8"
Board 2 · 2 1/4" left over
92 5/8"
1. Seat support boards — 92 5/8"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

4 boards · 13.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 1/4" left over
92 5/8"
1. Seat top boards — 92 5/8"
Board 2 · 2 1/4" left over
92 5/8"
1. Seat top boards — 92 5/8"
Board 3 · 2 1/4" left over
17"17"16 1/2"16 1/2"16 1/2"8 1/2"
1. Tie-in boards — 17"
2. Tie-in boards — 17"
3. Leg braces — 16 1/2"
4. Leg braces — 16 1/2"
5. Leg braces — 16 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.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 2 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 2 1/4" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 2 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 2 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 2 1/4" left over

Board 4 · 40 1/2" left over