cut optimizing

[Tater_Salad 10+ year member]

Do any of you use a cut optimizer when cutting a sheet of MDF? I wanna try to optimize it and have not much waste and less cuts

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[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

cut-optimizer?

no...math is good

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

Bueno?

 

[Tater_Salad 10+ year member]

well how do you fit all the cuts on to a sheet of MDF? my HomeDepot sells sheets of 49"x97" 3/4" MDF and i dont want to buy 2 of them just because i couldnt fit 1 or 2 pieces on it

 

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

piece of paper, pen or pencil, and a calculator if you need it. figure out all your cuts, draw it on the paper. not too hard

edit: d@mn any your mdf is bigger //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

i only get 98"x46"

 

[Tater_Salad 10+ year member]

Ive resorted to them primitive techniques.... :|

haha well thanks anyways

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

edit: d@mn any your mdf is bigger //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gifi only get 98"x46"

mine are the same size as taters

 

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

mine are the same size as taters

all you guys ****!!!

i'm moving!!!

 

[geolemon 10+ year member]

I wrote my own software... but it's only good for rectangular enclosures.

Logic built in, though, to calculate what panels I need based on the dimensions I input (two of the three), material thickness, various internal displacements, and of course the airspace I'm shooting for... and then calculates how to best lay those panels out on a sheet of MDF (I specify the dimensions of the sheet - handy for making use of scraps!) so they'll best fit, and then it plots it all out and gives me a printout.

Downside:

It's only good for rectangular enclosures.

I suppose I could expand it... but then I'd have to have it calculate which cuts had to be cut with the blade set at what angle, and all that... sounds like a lot of work. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Tater_Salad 10+ year member]

that acually wasnt too hard... I feel stupid for not trieng earlyer

 

[azn121184 10+ year member]

piece of paper, pen or pencil, and a calculator if you need it. figure out all your cuts, draw it on the paper. not too hard
edit: d@mn any your mdf is bigger //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

i only get 98"x46"

you're getting jipped by homedepot, but then again that's nothing new //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Tater_Salad 10+ year member]

oh come on... Im not even gunna use all of the sheet

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

I wrote my own software... but it's only good for rectangular enclosures.
Logic built in, though, to calculate what panels I need based on the dimensions I input (two of the three), material thickness, various internal displacements, and of course the airspace I'm shooting for... and then calculates how to best lay those panels out on a sheet of MDF (I specify the dimensions of the sheet - handy for making use of scraps!) so they'll best fit, and then it plots it all out and gives me a printout.

Downside:

It's only good for rectangular enclosures.

I suppose I could expand it... but then I'd have to have it calculate which cuts had to be cut with the blade set at what angle, and all that... sounds like a lot of work. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

buffalo eh im in syracuse. my buddy (or two) goes to UB, and BU (****all them colleges in that small area)

mind sending that bit of software to me? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

lol- personally, i just use autocad, but it would be nice to have a program that i can put in WxH+cubes+tuning = box tho //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

i lay out all my boxes on a 4x8 sheet of MDF with 1\16th inch seperations (thickness of the blade of an average saw) between each panel. i try to align all the 'big' rips together, the box usually has several sides that are the same in one dimension - and i try to cut those first. then cut that piece down into its different lengths //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

works quite well.

 

[nGreve_sx 10+ year member]

you're getting jipped by homedepot, but then again that's nothing new

We get the bigger sheets here as well...and they only cost $18

 

[geolemon 10+ year member]

I can't really send it...

It's just Excel based, and it still has bugs in it that I haven't resolved, but I know how to work around... mostly related to calculating where various panels will be plotted, for folded slot port enclosures.

One of these days I'll take a few hours to wrap it up.