A Woodworker's Spreadsheet

by Garrett Lambert

The link below will open a very large Excel spreadsheet compiled by Stephen Dalfollo-Daley that can be saved to your own computer. Note that it is a work in progress that Stephen will be updating from time-to-time, so check back occasionally.

Navigation is via tabs at the bottom of the sheet. First-time users should note that there are more tabs than those visible at first glance. 4 arrows just to the left of the first tab will bring others into view. The 2 outside arrows are like home and end keys, i.e. they take you directly to the first or last tab in the series. The middle 2 arrows simply shift the tabs left or right one tab at a time.

• Links to indexes for the back issues of many popular woodworking magazines
• Descriptions of woodworking videos
• Descriptions of Hand Planes

  Please note that this information is largely from Patrick Leache's Blood and Gore, a website developed and owned by Patrick Leach, and is copyrighted. The site is well worth a visit from hand tool aficionados, but Mr. Leach has graciously agreed to the inclusion of some of his information here.

• Stephen's judgment on the quality of various brands of chisel
• Information on the stability of each of a wide variety of woods
• Information on shellac cuts
• A board foot calculator
• A raised panel calculator
• How to identify the manufacturers of Sears power tools
• Information on grinding wheels
• Blade angles for compound miters
• A table of American wood screws
• Two equivalency tables for drill sizes including pilot holes for taps
• Other tabs are still under development

Download Spreadsheet (1.5 MB)