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How many usable pieces can I cut after trim and saw loss?
Remove the total end trim from each bar. Allow the finished length plus one saw kerf for every piece, including the last. Round pieces per bar down before multiplying by stock count.
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Worked example
With the example inputs below, the calculator returns these results.
Finished pieces from all stock 30
- Length per stock bar
- 2,400 mm
- Total end trim per bar
- 20 mm
- Finished piece length
- 450 mm
- Cut width per piece
- 3 mm
- Stock bars available
- 6 bars
Other results
- Finished pieces per bar
- 5
- Usable offcut per bar (mm)
- 115
Use your own figures
Check whether the stock in the workshop will yield enough identical pieces. Open the worksheet, replace the example values, then copy or print the result.
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