MaxCut Reviews & Product Details

MaxCut is a cut list and nesting optimization tool for Windows PC that helps cabinet makers, joiners, and woodworking shops plan sheet material cuts and calculate job costs accurately. Small woodworking businesses that cut sheet goods on panel saws or sliding table saws often manage their cutting layouts by hand or through spreadsheets. This approach leads to avoidable material waste, pricing errors, and time lost recalculating jobs from scratch. MaxCut addresses this by automating the cut planning process and combining it with job costing in a single desktop application. Core features and capabilities include: - Cut list optimization that generates efficient nesting layouts for sheet materials, minimizing offcuts and material waste - Job costing and cost vs. profit comparisons that allow users to input material costs, labor rates, and selling prices and see accurate margin calculations per job - Professional quotations and reports that can be printed or exported and sent directly to clients, including panel labels and CSV exports for further processing - Reusable cabinet library for storing and recalling common cabinet configurations across multiple jobs, reducing repeat data entry - Global and material-specific settings including saw kerf, grain direction, edging and more, providing real-world accuracy for professional workshop conditions MaxCut is used primarily by independent cabinet making businesses and joinery shops with small teams who require reliable cut planning and costing tools without the complexity of CNC-integrated or enterprise manufacturing software. It is available as a free download for Windows, with a paid subscription unlocking full professional functionality.