Status: optimizer live in the browser · first cell in build · talking with independent yards
Structmill is a cutting cell and software that lumberyards install. Every framing board is cut to length, labeled, and bundled by wall before it ships.
One wall, start to finish: the list a builder approves, the plan the software makes, and what goes out on the truck.
01 · The cut list
| Board | Size | Length | Qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom plate | 2x4 | 108" | 2 |
| Top plate | 2x4 | 108" | 4 |
| Stud | 2x4 | 92-5/8" | 12 |
| King | 2x4 | 92-5/8" | 2 |
| Jack | 2x4 | 81" | 2 |
| Header | 2x8 | 39" | 2 |
| Sill | 2x4 | 36" | 1 |
| Cripple | 2x4 | 31-1/2" | 2 |
| Cripple | 2x4 | 4-3/8" | 2 |
Sample: one 18' wall, 8' tall, studs 16" on center, one 36" × 48" window. 29 pieces.
02 · The cut plan
Dashed lines are cuts, gray ends are offcuts. Demo optimizer, single job, run on the list at left.
03 · On the truck
Every piece is labeled with what it is and where it goes. Every bundle is one wall.
A cutting cell and the software that runs it, installed at the lumberyard. The yard takes a builder's approved cut list. The cell cuts every board to length, labels it, and bundles it by wall and floor.
Lumberyards buy the cell and sell pre-cut packages. Builders order through their yard, the way they buy lumber today.
Next, the same packages for anyone who wants to build something: no saw, no hours of measuring and cutting, no carpentry experience needed.
Every cut is planned before the saw runs. Fewer boards bought, less in the dumpster.
Crews frame instead of measuring and cutting on site.
Less sawing on the jobsite means less time next to a running blade.
Every piece machine-cut to the length on the plan, every time.
| Question | Cut on the jobsite | Chain pre-cut program | Your yard with Structmill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who cuts it | Your crew, board by board | The chain's component plant | Your lumberyard |
| Cut plan | Measured and cut on site | Planned at the plant | Planned before any board is cut |
| Labeled and bundled by wall | No | Yes | Yes |
| Saw on the jobsite | Every cut | Less | Less |
| Open to independent yards | Not applicable | No | Yes |
| What the yard needs | Nothing new | A component plant | One cell on the yard floor |
Swipe sideways to see all three.
A machine and software that let a lumberyard cut a builder's framing to length, label every piece, and bundle it by wall and floor before it ships. The yard installs it. Builders get their framing pre-cut.
Your framing shows up cut, labeled, and sorted by wall. You buy less lumber, throw away less, spend less time cutting, and run fewer saws on site. See it on a wall.
You sell finished framing packages instead of boards by the piece, match the pre-cut programs the chains offer without building a plant, and give your builders a reason to order every job from you. See the machine.
Lumberyards buy the cell outright or lease to own, with an annual software and maintenance package. Builders pay their lumberyard for pre-cut packages, at a price the yard sets. Planning with Structmill is free.
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