Joe Chritz
02-18-2008, 1:48 AM
A while ago there was a thread about how much waste to figure on projects. Just for grins I kept track of what I used for the doors on the kitchen/bath project I am doing.
2.25" stiles/rails. Raised panels with mostly slip matched grain but no real time spent grain matching. The BF figures are exact measures from the finished sizes from a cabinet door program. The actual is measurements on the rough wood as I bought it.
Panels called for 54 BF. I used 69 and change with several full width short scraps, up to about 20" long.
Stiles/rails called for 37.4 BF, I used 41 and the scraps from the panels.
Lumping them together it called for 91 BF, I used just about 110 BF. Almost right on 20% waste. Lots of the waste was 1-1.5" strips as lots of the rough sawn was about 6" wide to start and I cut all the stiles double wide and did the cope cuts before ripping.
Mandatory picture attached. 32 doors in pieces. My baby feeder got a work out.
There ya have it. Almost forgot, it also generated about 150 gallons of chips. :eek:
ETA: Yeah I know the undershelf is terrible, that outfeed is getting torn up to make way for a torsion table outfeed.
2.25" stiles/rails. Raised panels with mostly slip matched grain but no real time spent grain matching. The BF figures are exact measures from the finished sizes from a cabinet door program. The actual is measurements on the rough wood as I bought it.
Panels called for 54 BF. I used 69 and change with several full width short scraps, up to about 20" long.
Stiles/rails called for 37.4 BF, I used 41 and the scraps from the panels.
Lumping them together it called for 91 BF, I used just about 110 BF. Almost right on 20% waste. Lots of the waste was 1-1.5" strips as lots of the rough sawn was about 6" wide to start and I cut all the stiles double wide and did the cope cuts before ripping.
Mandatory picture attached. 32 doors in pieces. My baby feeder got a work out.
There ya have it. Almost forgot, it also generated about 150 gallons of chips. :eek:
ETA: Yeah I know the undershelf is terrible, that outfeed is getting torn up to make way for a torsion table outfeed.