Running a laser business

A laser only makes money when you price time, material and waste correctly. Here we cover quoting jobs, saving sheets and organizing production — with numbers, not platitudes.

Laser MTS Nesting packs your parts onto the sheet for you — tightly, on offcuts too, and across many sheets at once.

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• Running a laser businessOctober 2, 2026

  Nesting for laser cutting: how to fit more parts on every sheet

  12 or 19 parts from the same sheet? Rotation, spacing, grain, common-line cutting and offcuts — with what scrap really costs.