X Bench (Works with X Outdoor Table) — board plan

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

Buy 7 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6

1 board · 4.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 30 7/8" left over
64"
1. Seat board (2x6) — 64"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

2 boards · 5.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 30 7/8" left over
64"
1. Seat boards (2x4) — 64"
Board 2 · 30 7/8" left over
64"
1. Seat boards (2x4) — 64"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 20" left over
12 3/8"12 3/8"12 3/8"12 3/8"12 3/8"12 3/8"
1. Top blocks — 12 3/8"
2. Top blocks — 12 3/8"
3. Top blocks — 12 3/8"
4. Top blocks — 12 3/8"
5. Top blocks — 12 3/8"
6. Top blocks — 12 3/8"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

3 boards · 3.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7 1/2" left over
19 1/4"19 1/4"19 1/4"19 1/4"9 7/8"
1. Long leg pieces — 19 1/4"
2. Long leg pieces — 19 1/4"
3. Long leg pieces — 19 1/4"
4. Long leg pieces — 19 1/4"
5. Short leg pieces (B) — 9 7/8"
Board 2 · 6 1/4" left over
19 1/4"19 1/4"9 7/8"9 7/8"9 7/8"

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.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6

Board 1 · 30 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 30 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 30 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 20" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 7 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 6 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 38 3/4" left over