[Shop-talk] Creating plans for maximizing material use with limited waste.

[Jeff Scarbrough]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 2:41 PM <eric at megageek.com> wrote:
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> My question is, does anyone know of a website that will help you plan how to layout materials on sheet goods to reduce waste?

Made sense to me.

Multiples of 12" and 16" (minus the saw kerf) should yield pieces that
will fully utilize a sheet of plywood.  Does that work for you?
Otherwise you will have odd bits of about 8" by whatever left over.


One sheet:  24 sides and bottoms (all 12x16)

Second sheet :  20 short sides (12x12) and 3 sides/bottoms (12x16).
That gives you 9 boxes, with two short sides (12x12) left over.

If they have to be 20", then it gets trickier.  Is SketchUp still a thing?

Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.