template for wood

[Stephen Adler]

Hi all,

 

I am wondering if there is some software or something out there where a guy can figure out which pieces of wood will come out of a larger piece of stock. I guess for a better description, is there like a digital graph paper out there or something that I can add all the required sizes of the pieces I need for a project onto a larger, nominally sized piece of wood, to avoid waste?

 

As a backup, I am thinking of cutting cereal boxes or something thin like that up and marking their sizes on them and laying them on a piece of wood before I cut out the different pieces I need.

 

Just wondering if anyone has any good tips or knows of some program that I can get.

 

Thanks

 

Dan

[don in brooklin on]

If you google "cutlist" there are lots of programs and ideas. I used to have an old one for making panel doors but I can not find.

 

Lumberjocks has a tested one use if you design in Sketch up.

 

http://lumberjocks.com/daltxguy/blog/5143

 

Good luck

[Travis]

Here's a couple:

http://www.delphiforfun.org/Programs/CutList.htm

http://www.maxcut.co.za/

 

A paid version: http://cutlistplus.com/

[amazingkevin]

I KNOW A CABINET MAKER THAT WOULD LOVE TO USE THIS AS HE CUTS 40 SHEETS OF PLYWOOD AND HAS TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT MANUALY