Plan your cuts. Waste less plywood.
Free woodworking calculators for the shop. No sign-up, and everything runs in your browser.
Cut List Optimizer
Lay out parts on plywood sheets and boards, with kerf, edge trim and grain, and get a cutting diagram.
Plan a cut list →Board Foot Calculator
Add up hardwood in board feet, with 4/4 and 8/4 thickness, and estimate the cost before the lumberyard.
Count board feet →One-sheet projects
Simple builds from one 4×8 sheet of 3/4" plywood, each with a parts list, a cutting diagram and assembly steps.
- Plywood Bookcase — A 60" tall, 32" wide bookcase with three shelves, cut from one sheet of 3/4" plywood.
- Workshop Wall Shelf — A 36" wide wall shelf with three lipped shelves that hangs on a French cleat, from one sheet of 3/4" plywood.
- Tool Tote — A 24" tool tote with a center handle and two compartments. Four fit on one sheet of 3/4" plywood.
What each tool does
Cut List Optimizer — Enter the plywood sheets or boards you have and the parts you need. It lays the parts out with straight, saw-friendly cuts, allows for blade kerf, edge trim and grain direction, and draws a cutting diagram for each sheet that you can print and take to the saw.
Board Foot Calculator — Add up lumber the way hardwood dealers sell it. Enter thickness as 4/4 or 8/4, width and length in inches, feet or millimetres, and see the total board feet and an estimated cost before you head to the lumberyard.
Why use ShopCutPlan
- Free, with no limits. Use the tools as often as you like, for as many parts as your project needs.
- No sign-up. Open a page and start typing. There is no account to create.
- Works on your phone. The pages are built for small screens, so you can check a cut list at the lumberyard or next to the saw.
- Your inputs stay in your browser. Every calculation runs on your device. Measurements and prices are saved in your browser for next time and are never sent to a server.