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X Arbor with Bench — board plan

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

Buy 19 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 9"

1 board · 5.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 12 3/4" left over

    1. Bench seat boards — 41"
    2. Bench seat boards — 41"

1" × 5"

2 boards · 4.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 34 7/8" left over

    1. Lower Rafters — 60"

  2. Board 2 · 34 7/8" left over

    1. Lower Rafters — 60"

1" × 3"

10 boards · 18.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 7/8" left over

    1. Legs — 80"

  2. Board 2 · 14 7/8" left over

    1. Legs — 80"

  3. Board 3 · 14 7/8" left over

    1. Legs — 80"

  4. Board 4 · 14 7/8" left over

    1. Legs — 80"

  5. Board 5 · 12 3/4" left over

    1. Top supports and seat aprons — 41"
    2. Top supports and seat aprons — 41"

  6. Board 6 · 12 3/4" left over

    1. Top supports and seat aprons — 41"
    2. Top supports and seat aprons — 41"

  7. Board 7 · 12 3/4" left over

    1. Top supports and seat aprons — 41"
    2. Top supports and seat aprons — 41"

  8. Board 8 · 5 1/2" left over

    1. Top supports and seat aprons — 41"
    2. Rails — 16"
    3. Rails — 16"
    4. Rails — 16"

  9. Board 9 · 14 3/8" left over

    1. Rails — 16"
    2. Rails — 16"
    3. Rails — 16"
    4. Seat supports — 16"
    5. Seat supports — 16"

  10. Board 10 · 46 5/8" left over

    1. Seat supports — 16"
    2. Seat supports — 16"
    3. Seat supports — 16"

1" × 2"

3 boards · 3.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 86% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3 1/8" left over

    1. Long x pieces — 30 1/2"
    2. Long x pieces — 30 1/2"
    3. Long x pieces — 30 1/2"

  2. Board 2 · 3 7/8" left over

    1. Long x pieces — 30 1/2"
    2. Short x pieces — 15"
    3. Short x pieces — 15"
    4. Short x pieces — 15"
    5. Short x pieces — 15"

  3. Board 3 · 34 1/2" left over

    1. Short x pieces — 15"
    2. Short x pieces — 15"
    3. Short x pieces — 15"
    4. Short x pieces — 15"

1" × 1"

3 boards · 1.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 5/8" left over

    1. Top rafters — 28"
    2. Top rafters — 28"
    3. Top rafters — 28"

  2. Board 2 · 10 5/8" left over

    1. Top rafters — 28"
    2. Top rafters — 28"
    3. Top rafters — 28"

  3. Board 3 · 66 7/8" left over

    1. Top rafters — 28"

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.