Turn phone photos into CNC-ready DXF files in minutes. Arrange tools on virtual boards, export to VCarve Pro, and add new tools without re-cutting a single pocket.
Built by a shop owner, for shop owners.
Canvas editor: drag-and-drop placement, snap guides, finger holes, and one-click DXF export
Drawing silhouettes in VCarve one at a time. Scaling, cleaning up nodes, arranging. 30-60 minutes per tool.
Cut-and-ship services charge $33-100+ per insert and take days. Your CNC sits right there.
You added a palm sander to the station. Now you have to redo the entire layout because nothing tracks what's already cut.
Your boards are saved. Your tools are in a library. Add one wrench to board 007 and export only that pocket. The other 14 tools on that board? Locked and untouched.
Lay a measuring tape flat. Place the tool above it. Snap a photo with your phone. The app auto-detects scale and removes the background.
"001 - Edge Bander Station." Set the foam dimensions, edge buffer, and part spacing. The board saves and persists forever.
Drag tools from your library onto the board. Snap guides align them. Add finger holes. Rotate to fit. Everything auto-saves.
One click gives you a DXF. Import into VCarve Pro, set pocket depth, post-process, and send to the CNC. That's it.
No app to install. Open the link on your phone, take a photo with a measuring tape, and the silhouette is ready in seconds. Works on any phone browser.
Each canvas is a real foam board. Add tools next week or next year. Placements that have been cut lock automatically so you never move them by accident.
Export only the new pockets since your last cut. One new tool on a board with 15 existing pockets? You get a DXF with one pocket. The rest stay locked.
Drop finger-lift cutouts between tools. Drag to reposition, adjust diameter, snap to spacing. They export as separate circle vectors for independent pocket paths.
Alignment guides appear as you drag, just like Canva. Snap to edges, centers, midpoints, edge buffers, and configurable part spacing.
Export a mirrored DXF to engrave "001 - Edge Bander" on the back of the foam. Flip it, shallow pass, same bit. Boards stay organized without labels on the face.
Every other option is either one-shot (no updates) or somebody else cuts it (expensive and slow).
| Capability | Cut-and-Ship ($33-100/insert) | Hobbyist Tools ($8/mo) | Foam Maestro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cut on your own CNC | -- | Yes | Yes |
| Persistent foam boards | -- | -- | Yes |
| Add a tool without re-cutting | -- | -- | Yes |
| Placement locking (can't move what's cut) | -- | -- | Yes |
| Auto scale from measuring tape | -- | Paper reference | Yes |
| Finger holes | Manual | -- | Yes |
| Back-label engraving | -- | -- | Yes |
| DXF export | -- | $8/mo (Pro only) | Free, always |
You can. It takes 30-60 minutes per tool to trace, clean up nodes, scale, and arrange. Foam Maestro does it in 2 minutes with a phone photo. And six months from now when you add a new tool, VCarve doesn't know what's already on that board. Foam Maestro does.
A single cut-and-ship insert costs $33-100. Pro pays for itself the first month. If you only need one board, the free plan covers that entirely.
Auto-scale reads the measuring tape in your photo. You get a buffer slider to fine-tune the fit tolerance. If the tape detection misses, you can type in a known dimension manually. Either way, you verify before you cut.
Yes. Create a canvas for each existing board, photograph the tools on it, and place them in their current positions. Lock the placements. Now you can add new tools to those boards going forward.
$0
No credit card. No time limit.
$9/mo
or $89/yr (save 18%)
One cut-and-ship insert costs $33-100.
Pro pays for itself before you finish your first board.
Edge bander tools, hardware stations
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Measuring instruments, tooling carts
Socket sets, wrenches, specialty tools
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Shared stations, member tool check-out
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