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Lumber cut list optimizer

Tell it what lengths you need and what your yard sells, and it works out how to get them from the fewest boards. Kerf, fractional inches and the offcuts already in your shop, all handled. Free, no account.

Ajustes

Material disponible para compra ?

Deja la cantidad vacía para un suministro ilimitado.

Retales que ya tienes ?

Trozos gratis que ya tienes. Se usan si ayudan; nunca cuentan como compras.

Piezas a cortar ?

Usa el tabulador en el último campo para añadir una fila. Intro salta a la fila de abajo. Alt+N añade una fila, Alt+P abre la ventana de pegar, Ctrl+Intro calcula. Guía completa.

Lumber lengths yards actually sell

Studs, framing (US) 8, 10, 12, 16 ft
Long joists, rafters 20, 24 ft
Framing (AU/NZ/EU) 2.4, 3.0, 3.6, 4.8, 6.0 m
Decking boards 8 to 20 ft / 1.8 to 5.4 m
Trim, moulding, skirting 8 to 16 ft / 2.4 to 5.4 m
Hardwood, random length priced per board foot

Blade widths in a timber shop

Table saw, 1/8" blade 3.2 mm
Thin-kerf blade 1.6 to 2 mm
Mitre saw / drop saw 2 to 3 mm
Circular saw 2 to 3 mm
Bandsaw 0.8 to 1.5 mm

Working in inches? A 1/8" blade is 0.125". Get this wrong and the last piece off every board comes up short. More on kerf.

Fractions, feet and inches

Type 96, 8', 96 1/2 or 2438 mm and it understands you. Cut lists for timber are written in fractions because that is how timber is sold, and a tool that forces you to convert to decimals first is a tool that gets numbers typed into it wrong.

The offcut pile is money

Every board you have already paid for is sitting in the corner of the shop. Add the leftovers to the offcut rack and the optimiser will spend them before it buys anything new, or use them only when they genuinely save you a board. Two of the five methods exist for exactly this argument: which to pick.

Buying boards, not minimising waste

These are not the same job. If your yard sells 8, 12 and 16 foot boards at prices that are not proportional to length, the plan with the least sawdust and the plan with the smallest bill are different plans. Price your stock rows and pick Cheapest, and it optimises the number that actually leaves your wallet.

FAQ

Does it work in inches and fractions?
Yes. Feet, inches, fractional inches and millimetres, mixed freely. The plan comes back in the units you typed.
Can it handle plywood and sheet goods?
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. This is a one-dimensional optimiser: boards, studs, trim, anything cut to length. Sheet goods need a 2D nesting tool. Here is who does that well.
How many parts can I optimise?
Up to 5,000 parts a job, with no account and no run limit. We have run a verified 960-piece job; optiCutter's free tier stops at 500 and Cutlist Evolution's at 40.
Will it tell me how many boards to buy?
That is the whole point. Leave the quantity blank on a stock row for unlimited supply and the plan tells you exactly how many boards of each length to put in the trailer.

Every plan is checked before you see it

Cut by cut: every piece present, everything inside the bar, blade width included. When the green badge shows, no plan on earth uses fewer bars for your cuts, and we publicar los trabajos that prove it.

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