diff --git a/code/game/machinery/autolathe.dm b/code/game/machinery/autolathe.dm
index 1fcc5fa55ed..efbe9e28f11 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/autolathe.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/autolathe.dm
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 			return 1
 	if(stat)
 		return 1
-	
+
 	if(istype(O, /obj/item/weapon/disk/design_disk))
 		user.visible_message("[user] begins to load \the [O] in \the [src]...",
 			"You begin to load a design from \the [O]...",
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@
 		var/obj/item/weapon/disk/design_disk/D = O
 		if(do_after(user, 14.4, target = src))
 			files.AddDesign2Known(D.blueprint)
-		
+
 		busy = 0
 		return
-	
+
 	var/material_amount = materials.get_item_material_amount(O)
 	if(!material_amount)
 		user << "<span class='warning'>This object does not contain sufficient amounts of metal or glass to be accepted by the autolathe.</span>"
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@
 			var/multiplier = text2num(href_list["multiplier"])
 			var/max_multiplier = min(being_built.maxstack, being_built.materials[MAT_METAL] ?round(materials.amount(MAT_METAL)/being_built.materials[MAT_METAL]):INFINITY,being_built.materials[MAT_GLASS]?round(materials.amount(MAT_GLASS)/being_built.materials[MAT_GLASS]):INFINITY)
 			var/is_stack = ispath(being_built.build_path, /obj/item/stack)
-			
-				
+
 			if(!is_stack && (multiplier > 1))
 				return
 			if (!(multiplier in list(1,10,25,max_multiplier))) //"enough materials ?" is checked further down
@@ -202,27 +201,13 @@
 						var/list/materials_used = list(MAT_METAL=metal_cost*multiplier, MAT_GLASS=glass_cost*multiplier)
 						materials.use_amount(materials_used)
 
-						for(var/obj/item/stack/S in T)
-							if(multiplier <= 0)
-								break
-							if(S.amount >= S.max_amount)
-								continue
-							var/to_transfer = S.max_amount - S.amount
-							if(to_transfer < multiplier)
-								S.amount += to_transfer
-								multiplier -= to_transfer
-								S.update_icon()
-								continue
-							else
-								S.amount += multiplier
-								multiplier = 0
-								S.update_icon()
-								break
-						if(multiplier)
-							var/obj/item/stack/N = new being_built.build_path(T)
-							N.amount = multiplier
-							N.update_icon()
-							N.autolathe_crafted(src)
+						var/obj/item/stack/N = new being_built.build_path(T, multiplier)
+						N.update_icon()
+						N.autolathe_crafted(src)
+
+						for(var/obj/item/stack/S in T.contents - N)
+							if(istype(S, N.merge_type))
+								N.merge(S)
 					else
 						var/list/materials_used = list(MAT_METAL=metal_cost/coeff, MAT_GLASS=glass_cost/coeff)
 						materials.use_amount(materials_used)