Material Cut List & Remnant Tracker

Keep cut requirements and remnant locations together.

Excel and printable PDF download — nothing will be shipped. Best fit for shops that lose usable drops, rebuild cut lists, or buy material they may already have.

The Arc Life Material Cut List & Remnant Tracker gives welding and fabrication shops a clean way to organize cut requirements and keep usable remnants from disappearing into the rack. Use the macro-free Excel workbook for searchable records and a live summary, then print the companion forms for the saw, table, rack, or shop floor.

What it helps you do

• Build clearer cut lists before material reaches production.
• Separate remaining-to-cut, held and all-recorded linear feet.
• Tag and locate reusable drops by remnant ID and rack/bin.
• Track available, reserved, used, and scrapped remnants.
• Give paper-first employees clean forms to use on the floor.

What's included

• Blank and example copies of the V1.2 Excel tracker, each with 200 cut-list rows and 200 remnant rows
• Branded printable forms PDF
• Ink-saver printable forms PDF
• Quick Start Guide
• Single-business-use license and README

Before you start

Enter verified dimensions, quantities and kerf/trim allowances in inches. The workbook converts the entered total length to linear feet. Assign physical remnant tags that match the workbook IDs and keep locations and statuses current. It does not choose stock, optimize a cut sequence or deduct used remnants automatically.

Workbook features

• Material, profile, and status dropdowns
• Automatic total-required-foot calculation
• Summary counts, open work by material and available-remnant footage
• Separate blank starter and example workbooks
• No macros or VBA

Printable forms

Material Cut List, Remnant Inventory Sheet, cut-out Remnant Tags, Material Pull / Return Sheet, and Weekly Remnant Review.

Who it's for

Welders, fabrication shops, saw operators, purchasing employees, maintenance departments, instructors, and small manufacturers.

Digital product: No physical item will be shipped. Microsoft Excel is required for the workbook. Google Sheets conversion is not guaranteed. Use a PDF reader for the forms and a printer if you want paper copies.

Important: This is a tracking aid, not a cut optimizer, drawing, bill of materials, engineering document, or substitute for verified shop measurements and procedures.

License: Personal or single-business use. Do not resell, share, upload, sublicense, or redistribute the original files.

Start with the BLANK copy; learn from EXAMPLE. Formula cells are protected without a password to help prevent accidental edits. Inputs remain editable. Unprotect the sheet before sorting an entire table or customizing formulas, then protect it again. Keep dated backups.

Download and file help

Unzip the download before using the files. For file or download issues, contact Arc Life with the product name, order number and a short description. Do not send confidential customer or payment information. Digital-product terms are in the Refund Policy.