Wooden Christmas Tree Candle Holders — board plan

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

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6, 4 ft (large tree, or cedar fence picket)

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 42% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 55 1/2" left over
15 3/8"11"6 3/8"6 1/4"
1. Large tree bottom layer — 15 3/8"
2. Large tree middle layer — 11"
3. Large tree top layer — 6 3/8"
4. Large tree base — 6 1/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4, 2 ft (small tree)

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

Board 1 · 69" left over
10 1/8"7 1/8"4 1/4"4"
1. Small tree bottom layer — 10 1/8"
2. Small tree middle layer — 7 1/8"
3. Small tree base — 4 1/4"
4. Small tree top layer — 4"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2, 14.5 in (large tree)

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 26% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 70 3/4" left over
14 1/2"9 1/2"
1. Large tree back — 14 1/2"
2. Small tree back — 9 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.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6, 4 ft (large tree, or cedar fence picket)

Board 1 · 55 1/2" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4, 2 ft (small tree)

Board 1 · 69" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2, 14.5 in (large tree)

Board 1 · 70 3/4" left over