found an awesome cut list program for you DIYers

[takagari]

foudn this while googling.

its free, small and quick. enter what you want for pieces. and your material it optomizes the best cut method to maxamize the wood.

you can also print it. this allows you to easily bring it in and have someone cut it for you!

figured it would help. especially for rack builders etc.

http://www.delphiforfun.org/programs/cutlist.htm

[HypoPita]

I have only glimpsed at the front page of the link, and must say, thank you so much! I'm going to look at it some more after this and hopefully use it in building a pvc baby rack to match my current rack. It should help a lot, especially for such expensive material. Any way I can reduce costs is just amazing.

Thank you!

[takagari]

i spent months doing it in my head and on paper figuring how to fit things to gethor. then a little while ago i went

"you know. the internet.. someone has probably solved this issue.."

after a few days looking i finnaly found this free program simple and works perfectly

[wilomn]

Cool find. Cut lists are fun.

Remember though, if the direction the grain flows is important to your construction, crosscuts cut across the grain of the wood, rips go with it. If you need a certain size to have the grain running a certain way, double check what kind of cut you are making prior to actually putting metal to wood.

[takagari]

yeah this program lets u select which direct the grain is. and/or ignore th egrain