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About the workshop tools

How Tools for Woodworkers builds and checks its tools

Deterministic browser-local helpers for material planning and repeatable shop arithmetic.

Methods and test cases

Calculators document units, formulas, rounding, grain or kerf assumptions, and known limitations. Important examples are checked against the same calculation functions used by the page.

Sources

Technical guidance prefers official measurement references, the USDA Wood Handbook, and current manufacturer instructions where equipment or material behavior controls.

Workshop limits

Outputs do not replace test cuts, machine calibration, workholding, guarding, material inspection, or a safe cutting sequence.

Editorial review

Review dates change only after substantive claims are checked. No public corrections channel is configured, so no contact identity is invented.

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