Freestanding Wooden Ladder Shelf — board plan

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

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8, 9 ft total

1 board · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 40 5/8" left over
18"18"18"
1. Shelving boards — 18"
2. Shelving boards — 18"
3. Shelving boards — 18"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3, 8 ft

5 boards · 5.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over
60"16 1/2"16 1/2"
1. Angled front legs — 60"
2. Front ladder rungs — 16 1/2"
3. Front ladder rungs — 16 1/2"
Board 2 · 1 5/8" left over
60"16 1/2"16 1/2"
1. Angled front legs — 60"
2. Front ladder rungs — 16 1/2"
3. Front ladder rungs — 16 1/2"
Board 3 · 5 1/8" left over
58"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.

Freestanding Wooden Ladder Shelf — board plan

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8, 9 ft total

Board 1 · 40 5/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3, 8 ft

Board 1 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 1 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 5 1/8" left over

Board 4 · 6 5/8" left over

Board 5 · 79 7/8" left over