Cut List & Kerf API
Cut-list maths for woodworking and material cutting as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The cuts endpoint computes how many pieces of a target length come from one stock length once the saw kerf — the width of material each cut removes — is accounted for, using pieces = floor((stock + kerf)/(piece + kerf)) since the final cut leaves no kerf, and returns the used length, the leftover offcut, the waste percentage and the total kerf loss; a 2400 mm board cut into 300 mm pieces with a 3 mm kerf yields 7 pieces with a 282 mm offcut, not the 8 you would expect ignoring the blade. The boards endpoint works out how many stock lengths a job of a given quantity needs and how many spare pieces are left over. The yield endpoint reports the overall material efficiency — total piece length divided by total stock length — for a whole cutting job. All lengths share one consistent unit (mm, cm or inches). Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for woodworking, carpentry, metal-fabrication, contractor, maker and shop-software developers, cut-list and offcut calculators, and material-ordering tools. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is single-length (1D) cut optimisation; for loose-material volume use a mulch/volume API.
api.oanor.com/kerf-api
