Channels Like Cutting It Close

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Cutting It Close
Subscribers 155K
Videos 404
Views 27.0M

Cutting It Close focuses on turning CNC skills into profit by teaching how to create and sell CNC projects, with content centered on woodworking, CNC router techniques, business strategies, and entrepreneurship. The channel delivers tutorials and guides, often featuring practical tips like advanced CNC methods and production optimization, with occasional project showcases and sales-oriented topics. Uploads target the woodworking entrepreneur audience, averaging around 41.2K views per video, and have built a library since joining September 16, 2019, across 404 videos and 27M total views from 155K subscribers.

Content Landscape

Top competitors include Andy Bird Builds (93% match) and IDC Woodcraft (78% match), both aligning with CNC woodworking and CNC router project/search topics. Hamilton Dilbeck (75% match) also competes on cnc woodworking and selling cnc projects, while Two Moose Design (73% match) shares cnc router projects and design ideas. TITANS of CNC MACHINING (65% match) joins the field with strong overlap in cnc toolpath tips and shop productivity. Cutting It Close has 155K subscribers, while the competitors range from 70K to 143K (and TITANS of CNC MACHINING at 1.1M) indicating a wide range of audience sizes but similar topic clusters around CNC techniques, router projects, and monetization strategies for woodworking products.

Similar Channels

We found 46 YouTube channels similar to Cutting It Close

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#1 Andy Bird Builds

93% relevance

Subscribers 132K
Videos 545
Views 24.0M
Appearances 38
SERP 100%
Similarity 88%
cnc woodworking cnc router projects cnc routing tips

High search overlap on cnc woodworking and cnc router projects (100% search match) with strong content alignment (88%), indicating a closely related focus on hands-on CNC builds and routing tips that mirror Cutting It Close's project-centric woodworking content.

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#2 IDC Woodcraft

78% relevance

Subscribers 106K
Videos 1.2K
Views 13.5M
Appearances 28
SERP 67%
Similarity 85%
cnc router projects cnc routing tips cnc toolpath (tips)

Shared niche around cnc router projects and cnc routing tips (67% search match) and very similar content (85%), suggesting a closely aligned audience and tutorial/style around CNC routing basics and techniques.

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#3 Hamilton Dilbeck

75% relevance

Subscribers 70.3K
Videos 151
Views 5.4M
Appearances 15
SERP 57%
Similarity 87%
cnc woodworking cnc router projects selling cnc projects

Audience overlap from cnc woodworking and cnc router projects (57% search) with even stronger content similarity (87%), plus interest in selling cnc projects, indicating parallel instructional content with potential monetization topics.

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#4 Two Moose Design

73% relevance

Subscribers 143K
Videos 168
Views 61.1M
Appearances 24
SERP 52%
Similarity 86%
cnc router projects selling cnc projects cnc design ideas

Similar focus on cnc router projects and selling cnc projects (52% search) and high content similarity (86%), signaling akin project-based CNC tutorials and product-focused videos.

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#5 TITANS of CNC MACHINING

65% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M
Videos 2.7K
Views 729.1M
Appearances 22
SERP 49%
Similarity 76%
cnc toolpath (tips) cnc groove techniques cnc shop productivity

Shares queries around cnc toolpath tips and cnc groove techniques (49% search) with solid content overlap (76%), reflecting complementary advanced CNC technique content.

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#6 731 Woodworks

65% relevance

Subscribers 886K
Videos 1.8K
Views 243.2M
Appearances 16
SERP 44%
Similarity 79%
cnc woodworking cnc router projects woodworking profits

Overlaps on cnc woodworking and cnc router projects (44% search) with strong content alignment (79%), plus a profitability angle via woodworking profits that mirrors Cutting It Close's project-to-profit lens.

Didn't Make the Cut

40 additional channels that were close

Rank Relevance Channel Similarity Subscribers SERP Appearances
#7 64% Carbide 3D 84% 52.6K 33% 10
#8 62% Sothpaw Woodworking & CNC 89% 35.4K 22% 10
#9 61% Learn Your CNC 87% 26.3K 23% 8
#10 59% NYC CNC 83% 458K 23% 5
#11 59% Zach Vaught 83% 16.4K 22% 7
#12 57% MTDCNC 80% 211K 23% 8
#13 57% Eigen Designs 85% 32.4K 16% 6
#14 55% ToolsToday 85% 1.1M 11% 9
#15 55% JASCOgoods 85% 81.5K 10% 1
#16 54% Haas Automation, Inc. 78% 353K 18% 5
#17 54% Polar Beaver Woodworking 84% 2.5K 10% 1
#18 54% John Malecki 81% 1.6M 13% 2
#19 54% Twin Summit Designs 85% 8.7K 7% 3
#20 53% FALCON390 Workshop 83% 38.9K 8% 1
#21 53% Doing Whatever 76% 44.7K 17% 5
#22 53% daniele cinelli minimalgate_project 83% 49.8K 7% 2
#23 52% Duffey Woodcraft 82% 6.5K 8% 3
#24 52% Make Something 81% 937K 8% 3
#25 52% James Dean Designs 81% 85.3K 7% 3
#26 51% Zig's Woodshed 80% 4.7K 8% 4
#27 51% BeardedVikingWoodWorks 81% 267K 6% 3
#28 51% Rex Krueger 80% 645K 8% 1
#29 51% CNC ART 81% 2.5K 7% 1
#30 51% Ronnie's Workshop 80% 50K 7% 5
#31 50% Makers Workshop 79% 44.6K 8% 1
#32 50% Cornelius Creations 79% 214K 7% 1
#33 50% totrand 72% 7.8K 17% 4
#34 50% SainSmart 79% 10.7K 6% 3
#35 50% April Wilkerson 76% 1.6M 10% 3
#36 49% UpFlip 76% 1.6M 10% 4
#37 49% Broinwood 78% 102K 7% 6
#38 49% Chad Schmidt 76% 6.7K 9% 4
#39 48% MTDCNC North America 76% 185K 7% 1
#40 48% Blue Collar Drew 74% 23.8K 8% 1
#41 48% Tool Box Tours 74% 79.4K 8% 1
#42 48% Leichman Automation 72% 11.6K 11% 2
#43 47% Practical Machinist 74% 135K 8% 4
#44 47% Protocase Inc 73% 5.6K 8% 1
#45 47% Quick CNC 73% 11.6K 6% 3
#46 45% Hangin with Harv 71% 2.6K 6% 2

Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Cutting It Close?

Cutting It Close's biggest competitors on YouTube are Andy Bird Builds (132K subscribers, 93% match), IDC Woodcraft (106K subscribers, 78% match), and Hamilton Dilbeck (70.3K subscribers, 75% match). They share a focus on woodworking, CNC techniques, and small business/entrepreneurship content related to making money with wood and tools.

What type of content does Cutting It Close make?

Cutting It Close creates woodworking and CNC-focused content, including tips like 5 Advanced CNC Tips, discussions on gear choices, and business/side-hustle topics such as Is a CNC Side Hustle Worth it in 2026? The channel averages about 41.2K views per video, with an implied upload cadence of multiple videos per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Cutting It Close?

We analyze Cutting It Close's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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