Lay out your strips, pick a style, and see the finished board in 3D — with the cut list, lumber to buy, and glue-up steps worked out for you.
Design edge-grain, end-grain, checkerboard, brick and chevron boards from 16 species, and rotate a realistic 3D render before you cut a thing — on Paid, Premium and Pro plans.
Stack your strips, choose the species and widths, and pick a style — edge grain, end grain, checkerboard, brick offset or chevron. The designer renders the finished board in 3D so you can see how the woods play together before buying lumber, then works out the milled strip sizes, board feet per species with waste, and the glue-up sequence.
Save your numbers, not just crunch them
Members save cut lists and estimates to projects, feed them into the cost estimator, and track real spend against the plan.
Edge-grain boards show the long edges of the strips and are quicker to build. End-grain boards are crosscut and stood on end, so knives slip between the fibres — they are kinder to blades and hide cut marks, but take more glue-ups and careful flattening.
Tight-grained domestic hardwoods such as hard maple, walnut and cherry are the classics. Open-pored woods like red oak trap moisture, and some exotics produce irritating dust when milled.
About 1½″ to 2″. Thinner end-grain boards are more prone to cracking because the glue joints carry all the strength.