Bar / Tube Stock Cut List Yield

Pieces per stick = floor( (stock + kerf) / (piece + kerf) ); drop = stock - [pieces x piece + (pieces - 1) x kerf]; sticks = ceil(pieces needed / pieces per stick). A 20 ft (240 in) stick cut into 14.5 in pieces with a 1/8 in kerf yields 16 per stick with a 6.13 in drop, so 100 pieces take 7 sticks at 86.3% yield; a 24 ft stick cut into 40 in pieces yields 7 with a 7.63 in drop, 8 sticks for 50 pieces. N pieces take N-1 internal saw cuts. Mixed-length nesting, end trim, and clamping loss are not modeled; the cut list and saw govern. A material-ordering estimate.

pieces_per_stick = floor( (stock_length + kerf) / (piece_length + kerf) ); drop = stock_length - [pieces_per_stick x piece_length + (pieces_per_stick - 1) x kerf]; sticks = ceil(pieces_needed / pieces_per_stick); yield% = pieces_needed x piece_length / (sticks x stock_length) x 100.

Linear cut-list yield identity, first-principles; the stock length, cut length, saw kerf, and quantity come from the job.

The cut-list arithmetic is public first-principles (a linear packing count with a saw kerf between pieces); the stock length, piece length, kerf, and quantity come from the cut list and the saw.

Estimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.

Field names used by the API: stock_length_in, piece_length_in, kerf_in, pieces_needed, pieces_per_stick, drop_per_stick_in, sticks_needed

• One kerf between pieces N pieces take N-1 internal saw cuts; each cut removes one kerf widthshop practice
• Single length every piece is the same length; mixed-length nesting is not modeledscope of this tile
• No end allowance stock end trim, facing, and clamping loss are not deductedscope of this tile