THE SPOOL LISTFREE MAKER TOOLS

Free tools for making things.

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3D Printing
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STL Checker

Drop in an STL and see if it's printable — watertight, manifold, and bed-fit checks with a 3D defect view.

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Cost Estimator

Ballpark what a part costs to fabricate — by process, material, size and quantity — then get real quotes.

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Material Selector

Answer a few questions about your part and get the right material and process, with the tradeoffs spelled out.

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Filament Calculator

Convert between grams, length and cost for any filament — and check what's left on a partial spool.

CNC Machining
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Feeds & Speeds

Spindle RPM, feed rate and removal rate for milling and routing, with material presets. Metric or imperial.

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Tap & Drill Chart

Tap drill sizes, thread pitch and clearance holes — metric and imperial, M2 to M20 plus UNC/UNF.

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Gear Generator

Involute spur gears to spec — module, teeth, pressure angle, bore — with a live preview and SVG download.

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Fits & Tolerances

ISO shaft/hole fits (H7/g6 and friends) with clearance and interference.

Sheet Metal
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Bend Allowance

Bend allowance, deduction and flat-blank length with K-factor presets. The core sheet-metal calc.

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Press Brake Tonnage

Bending force by material, thickness and V-die width.

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Gauge Chart

Sheet gauge to mm/inch for steel, aluminum and stainless.

Metalwork & General Fabrication
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Material Weight

Weight of any stock — plate, bar, tube, square, hex — across metals, plastics and wood.

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Cut-List Optimizer

Pack cuts onto the fewest stock lengths and see the waste — bar, board, tube or extrusion, kerf included.

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Weld Strength

Fillet weld throat and load capacity.

Laser Cutting
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Laser Cost & Kerf

Estimate cut time and cost from toolpath length, and dial in kerf compensation for press-fit parts.

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Living Hinge Generator

Tune a staggered slit pattern, preview it live, and download a laser-ready SVG that makes rigid sheet bend.

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Finger-Joint Box

Dimensions in, laser-ready box panels out as SVG.

Casting & Molding
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Mold & Resin Volume

How much silicone or resin to mix, two-part ratios by weight or volume, and shrinkage compensation.

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Injection vs Print

Break-even quantity between molding tooling and printing per-unit.

Electronics / PCB
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Trace Width & LED Resistor

IPC-2221 trace width for a given current, and the LED series resistor with nearest standard value.

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Impedance & Color Code

Microstrip impedance and resistor color-code decoder.

Textiles & Apparel
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Fabric Yardage & Embroidery

Estimate fabric yardage for your pieces and price an embroidery job by stitch count.

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Screen-Print & HTV

Per-garment screen-print costing and vinyl sizing.

More markets — coming soon
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Board Foot & Sag

Lumber volume and cost, plus shelf-sag/span deflection.

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Finger-Joint Box

Dimensions in, laser-ready box panels out as SVG.

SHEET

Press Brake Tonnage

Bending force by material, thickness and die width.

3DP

Print Defect Diagnoser

Describe what went wrong with a print and get the likely cause and fix.

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