Quick Fill Calculator
One part, one sheet, how many? Enter the sheet, the part and your saw's kerf, and get the count and the layout — including the extra pieces you pick up by turning some of them 90°.
How many of ONE part size tile onto ONE sheet, kerf included — a quick calculator for a single part and a single sheet.
More than one part size? That's the optimizer's job.
CUTLIST.io bundles all five shop calculators with the cut list optimizer — Rip First, Crosscut First, Max Yield, or Smart Stack — so you buy the right amount of material and waste less of it.
Get the whole suite of toolsWhy the kerf matters
Every cut eats a blade's width — about 1/8" on a table saw, 3/32" on a thin-kerf blade, under 1/16" on a track saw. On a 48" sheet, eight 6" rips is not eight pieces: 8 × 6 + 7 × 1/8 = 48-7/8", one short. Enter your real kerf and the count is honest.
Rotation looks at the leftover strip along one edge and tries filling it with the part turned 90°. On a 48 × 96 sheet of 11-3/4 × 17 parts that's the difference between 20 pieces and 21.
When one size isn't the whole story
A real project has a parts list — sides, shelves, backs, drawer bottoms. Fitting all of them across your sheets, in the order you'd actually cut them on a table saw, is what the CUTLIST.io optimizer is for. This page answers the quick version of the question.
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Questions
Does it account for the factory edge?
No — it assumes you'll use the full sheet. If you trim the factory edges, enter the sheet size you'll have after trimming (47-3/4 × 95-3/4 is common).
What's a typical kerf?
1/8" for a standard full-kerf table saw blade, 3/32" for thin-kerf, and 1/16" to 5/64" for most track saws. Measure a test cut if you're unsure.
Why is rotation sometimes off by default in the app?
Grain. On veneered plywood, rotating a part turns the grain 90°. Here it defaults on because the question is just "how many" — switch it off if direction matters.