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Workshop Table Saw Storage Cabinet — board plan

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

Buy 16 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 26"

1 board · 5.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 40% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 57 7/8" left over

    1. Cabinet Top — 37"

3/4" × 25"

1 board · 5.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 37% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 60 7/8" left over

    1. Cabinet Back — 34"

3/4" × 24"

1 board · 7.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 53% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 44 3/4" left over

    1. Cabinet Sides — 25"
    2. Cabinet Sides — 25"

3/4" × 23"

1 board · 4.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 37% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 60 7/8" left over

    1. Cabinet Bottom — 34"

3/4" × 22"

1 board · 3.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 71 7/8" left over

    1. Cabinet Divider — 23"

3/4" × 20"

1 board · 11.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 97% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Bottoms — 23"
    2. Drawer Bottoms — 23"
    3. Drawer Bottoms — 23"
    4. Drawer Bottoms — 23"

3/4" × 13"

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 71 7/8" left over

    1. Door Front — 23"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 0.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 24% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 72 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer Front — 22"

3/4" × 6"

1 board · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 29 5/8" left over

    1. Drawer Sides — 23"
    2. Drawer Sides — 23"
    3. Drawer Back — 19"

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 92% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 7 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Sides — 23"
    2. Drawer Sides — 23"
    3. Drawer Front — 22"
    4. Drawer Back — 19"

3/4" × 4"

2 boards · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Sides — 23"
    2. Drawer Sides — 23"
    3. Drawer Front — 22"
    4. Drawer Front — 22"

  2. Board 2 · 75 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer Back — 19"

3/4" × 3"

1 board · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 29 5/8" left over

    1. Drawer Sides — 23"
    2. Drawer Sides — 23"
    3. Drawer Back — 19"

3/4" × 2"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 37% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 60 7/8" left over

    1. Front Apron — 34"

3/4" × 3/4"

2 boards · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 73% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Glides - Oak — 23"
    2. Drawer Glides - Oak — 23"
    3. Drawer Glides - Oak — 23"
    4. Drawer Glides - Oak — 23"

  2. Board 2 · 48 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer Glides - Oak — 23"
    2. Drawer Glides - Oak — 23"

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.