Wood Cooler Stand with Lid and Shelf — board plan

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

Buy 13 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

3 boards · 7.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 67% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 13 1/4" left over
13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"
1. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
2. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
3. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
4. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
5. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
6. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
Board 2 · 13 1/4" left over
13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"13 1/2"
1. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
2. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
3. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
4. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
5. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
6. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
Board 3 · 67 3/4" left over
13 1/2"13 1/2"
1. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"
2. Side/shelf slats — 13 1/2"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

4 boards · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5/8" left over
35"35"24"
1. Legs — 35"
2. Legs — 35"
3. Front/back frame rails — 24"
Board 2 · 5/8" left over
35"35"24"
1. Legs — 35"
2. Legs — 35"
3. Front/back frame rails — 24"
Board 3 · 7/8" left over
24"24"24"

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine

2 boards · 5.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over
15"14 1/2"14 1/2"14 1/2"14 1/2"10 3/4"8 3/4"
1. Shelf — 15"
2. Lid top panel — 14 1/2"
3. Lid top panel — 14 1/2"
4. Lid top panel — 14 1/2"
5. Lid top panel — 14 1/2"
6. Front panel boards — 10 3/4"
7. Side panel boards — 8 3/4"
Board 2 · 24 1/2" left over
10 3/4"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

3 boards · 3.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3/4" left over
28"28"27"10 3/4"
1. Top frame, ends — 28"
2. Top frame, ends — 28"
3. Lid frame, ends — 27"
4. Back panel boards — 10 3/4"
Board 2 · 3/8" left over
27"17 1/2"17 1/2"16"16"
1. Lid frame, ends — 27"
2. Top frame, sides — 17 1/2"
3. Top frame, sides — 17 1/2"
4. Lid frame, sides — 16"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine

1 board · 0.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 17 1/2" left over
25 1/2"25 1/2"13"13"
1. Lid inner frame, sides — 25 1/2"
2. Lid inner frame, sides — 25 1/2"
3. Lid inner frame, ends — 13"
4. Lid inner frame, ends — 13"

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.

Wood Cooler Stand with Lid and Shelf — board plan

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 13 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 13 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 67 3/4" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 7/8" left over

3/4" × 5 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 24 1/2" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 3/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine

Board 1 · 17 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 70 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 19 1/8" left over