anyone got a cutting list calculator?

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sunnybob

Discussion Starter · Jun 11, 2018

I have been asked to make two adirondack chairs. Thats 44 different sized planks. if I get the timber wrong I could easily be losing money. Any programmes to organise for mimimal waste?

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sunnybob

Discussion Starter · #2 · Jun 11, 2018

Panic over, the local woodyard did all the calculating and cutting for me.

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DaninVan

· #3 · Jun 11, 2018

Now that's service!

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sunnybob

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jun 11, 2018

He charged me 15 euros (23 canadian), but I saved more than that in waste

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hawkeye10

· #6 · Jun 11, 2018

sunnybob said:
I have been asked to make two adirondack chairs. Thats 44 different sized planks. if I get the timber wrong I could easily be losing money. Any programmes to organise for mimimal waste?

So what kind wood are you using? I think it would be a fun project but I hate sitting in them. My dad made a pair of Adirondack chairs and I didn't like to sit in them and I was a boy.

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Design software with cut list report

:wink:I use "Sketchlist 3D" (check out SketchList dot com) to design or modify designs of furniture and other projects. It has an "Optimized Cut List" report that works really well.

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sunnybob

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jun 11, 2018

I am a software cave man. If I cant see it and touch it, it aint real.
I tried sketchup twice, almost totalled the computer a similar number.

I dont honestly know the name of the timber, its just construction white wood.

Heres the one I made first, followed by a love seat to match.
These are very comfortable, I get compliments anytime someone sits in them.
I had to persuade this customer to sit in the chair, he was asking for cushions. Within 2 minutes of sitting in it he ordered two for himself.