Another part of my under stairs storage project is a wine cupboard that will naturally need a rack. My other thread about oak pricing was aimed at this stage.
Here is a rough layout.
And with a few dimensions
To get a rough idea of how much wood I need I drew up a cutlist with rounded up dimensions.
Conveniently all pieces have a section of 48 x 20mm
8 off 600mm
15 off 800mm
6 off 400mm
=19.2m run 48x20
I quickly drew all the pieces and juggled them to fit what I thought would be a convenient sized boards to buy.
Small amount of waste/ scope for spare parts
When I phone East Brothers I asked for three square edge boards Euro oak rough sawn 2.4 x 170 or wider. Their reply was "what did I actually need to get out of the boards?"
Seems they were much happier to work with "about 20m finished size 20mm x 48mm" even though I'd be planing it myself.
He said they have an opened pack of 2.7-2.9m long and he would find me something. Quoted £75 plus vat.
I went to collect yesterday and stacked ready for me were
3 off 130 wide and 1 off 205 wide between 2.62 and 2.68m long. £74 plus vat. Happy with that.
Time to do a cutting layout. using slightly nearer dimensions than the list above.
Input timber
3 off 2.6 x 135
1 off 2.6 x 205
output
8 off 575mm
15 off 800mm
6 off 375mm
I use maxcut freeware optimiser.
https://www.maxcutsoftware.com/
Designed for sheet work but I just tell it my sheets are the sizes of boards. It understands the grain direction and the saw kerf and away it goes.
Compare to my first stab layout, I'm going to have not only some long narrow strips useful for edging/trim etc but also a goodly lump 205 x 1.6m ish to put back on the rack for something else.
A bit too much other cr4p in my life right now. Swmbo waiting for a phone call for reconstructive surgery sometime next week having had something nasty and cancerous dug out of her nose yesterday and completing on a new flat Monday, due to interview tenants for on Tuesday and I get a camera up my c0ck on Monday for an investigation - deep joy! but those are other stories!
However all ready for some wood therapy when I get time.
Bob