Independent Tool Studio
About Make Your Own Tools
Make Your Own Tools is a small independent website for practical engineering calculators and generators. The goal is simple: turn common planning questions into fast, transparent tools that help people make better decisions before they buy hardware, deploy software, or configure infrastructure.
Power
Solar, battery, inverter, and RV off-grid sizing calculators for practical load planning.
Storage
NAS and RAID calculators for usable capacity, redundancy, and drive purchase planning.
Deployment
Docker Compose and reverse proxy generators for self-hosted applications and services.
How the Site Is Maintained
The calculators are built as static pages and client-side tools so they load quickly and remain easy to inspect. Form inputs stay in the browser unless a specific feature, such as fetching a public model configuration, clearly needs an external request.
Some pages may include product recommendations, donation links, or affiliate links in the future. Those links help support hosting, maintenance, and new calculators without putting a paywall in front of the tools.