For Woodworkers and Cabinet Makers

Woodworking Job Pricing

Price a table, a run of cabinets or a batch of cutting boards from the wood you buy and the hours it takes to turn it into something, finishing included.

Plywood, MDF and dimensional lumber in the standard material library on a phone

Wood Priced the Way You Buy It

Plywood and MDF are priced by the sheet, dimensional lumber by the foot, and hardware each. The standard library includes common sheet goods and lumber sizes, so you only need to enter your prices, and a waste allowance covers the offcuts that come with every project.

Shop Time by Step

The wood fabrication quote type has fields for cutting and fitting, assembly, finishing, machine time and hardware per unit, plus setup charged once. For bigger pieces, a workflow quote lists each step (cut, route, sand, assemble, finish, install) with its own time and rate.

Finishing often takes as long as building. Giving it its own line keeps it from being forgotten.

CNC Routing and Laser Work

If you run a CNC router or a CO2 laser, those jobs have their own calculators: cycle time, setups and programming for routing; cut length, pierces and engraving for the laser. Signs, inlays, engraved gifts and production runs are all priced from real machine time.

Know What Each Piece Made

Accepted quotes become work orders, and time clocked on each operation shows whether a job ran over. On Pro, job history compares the quoted price with what the work really took, so the next estimate is better. Customers can approve drawings and change orders online, and on Solo and above, long jobs can be billed in stages.

Questions

How should I price my woodworking?

Add the material with waste, your hours at a shop rate that covers your overhead, finishing supplies, hardware and machine time, then add your margin. Pricing by hours worked rather than by guess is what keeps a small shop profitable.

Can I price cabinets?

Yes. Build a workflow quote with sheet goods and lumber issued to each operation, hardware per unit, assembly, finishing and installation on site.

Is there a board foot calculator?

The library prices lumber by the foot and sheet goods by the sheet. If you buy by the board foot, enter your price on the basis you use for that material.

Price Your Next Job From Real Costs

Start free in the web app on your phone, tablet or computer. No card needed, and you can try it without an account.

The iPhone and Android apps are coming soon and will use the same account.