Stack Exchange — woodworking.stackexchange.com

The content of woodworking.stackexchange.com (https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/), a Stack Exchange question-and-answer site, as published in the Stack Exchange Data Dump of April 2024 on the Internet Archive. The posts table holds 39,274 rows: 11,816 posts (4,134 questions, 7,409 answers, 136 tag wiki excerpts, 136 tag wikis and 1 post of type 6) and 27,458 comments, written between 17 March 2015 and 31 March 2024. Beside it are 12,897 user accounts, 50,171 votes, 20,557 badges awarded, 242 tags, 31,328 post revisions and 1,523 links between posts. Every answer keeps the question it answers and every comment the post it was written on, so the threads can be rebuilt. The Internet Archive item describes the dump as anonymised; the votes table names the voter in only 14 rows.

#Diy#Expertise network#Reputation#Stack exchange data dump#Woodworking

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Analytics

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· graph.json

The full graph has 2,752 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

2.8K
Nodes
5.6K
Edges
7.41e-04
Density
31
Components
-0.1913
Assortativity
2.1%
Reciprocity
1.5K
Bridges
Most central nodes
1280.04398
12500.02472
20730.0229
340.01781
100.01527
3060.012
1800.01163
49420.01127
110.01091
18610.01054
Content metrics

39,274 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

x scoreμ 1.373 ± 2.751
min -6max 59
x view countμ 3.8K ± 12K
min 20max 266.3K
x answer countμ 1.792 ± 1.402
min 0max 18
x comment countμ 2.324 ± 2.851
min 0max 33
8.0
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
8.8
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
wooduselikedoncutsawneedwantgoodtableworkfinishwaythinkgluebitpiecesurfacetimeoilbladequestionboardgrainendanswerlongsureknowedgebetterhandgoingrouterplywoodjointdrilllookprobablybestscrewstoolsboardssandingrightpiecescuttingsmallplanefind
Topic clusters

Topic 0

answer
question
thank
edit
ask
think
comment
link

Topic 1

drill
screw
hole
dowel
bit
thread
bolt
use

Topic 2

blade
saw
cut
fence
table
rip
tooth
bandsaw

Topic 3

leg
table
support
tenon
bench
design
bed
apron

Topic 4

router
bit
cut
table
template
use
plunge
work

Topic 5

oil
finish
coat
varnish
tung
apply
linseed
wax

Topic 6

glue
clamp
joint
strong
wood
pva
strength
surface

Topic 7

stain
finish
wood
colour
base
oil
sand
apply

Topic 8

sand
sander
grit
belt
scraper
paper
sanding
sandpaper

Topic 9

chisel
stone
sharpen
edge
bevel
tool
hone
grinder

Topic 10

plane
iron
hand
mouth
planer
cap
sole
edge

Topic 11

door
hinge
cabinet
frame
overlay
panel
build
rail
Show all 17 topics

Topic 12

plywood
veneer
panel
wood
solid
layer
glue
ply

Topic 13

shelf
support
load
wall
screw
bookcase
bracket
sag

Topic 14

dust
collector
filter
hose
vac
shop
air
collection

Topic 15

pine
hardwood
oak
wood
softwood
poplar
tree
white

Topic 16

wood
dry
moisture
lumber
treat
green
bark
kiln
Top hashtags
#197
#291
#467
#536
#332
#621
#716
#816
#1014
#000011
#8010
#1mt6
#27146
#58936
#v6
#11595
#42405
#04
#124
#2mt4

Computed over the full corpus.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-woodworking-stackexchange-com
Authors
Stack Exchange, Inc.
Year
2024
Source paper
Stack Exchange Data Dump
License
CC BY-SA 3.0 / 4.0 (by contribution date) (CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Records
43,599
Nodes
2,752
Edges
5,610 (directed)
Nodes are
user (Stack Exchange account)
Edges are
answer collaboration (A answered B's question)
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have attributes
Text corpus
question titles, post bodies, comment text, tag names
Languages
en
Collected
2015/2024 (2010s, 2020s)
Tasks
From the graph: link prediction, community detection
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://archive.org/details/stackexchange link checked
Original files as received
The source files, unconverted, kept for reference: mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-09, 14.7 MB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json. For use, start with the data package below.
Data package
Version 1.0.0 of this dataset as an ECHO Data Package: posts (39,274 rows), users (12,897 rows), x_votes (50,171 rows), x_badges (20,557 rows), x_tags (242 rows), x_post_history (31,328 rows), x_post_links (1,523 rows).
Structure
Temporal (timestamped), Node attributes, Text, Threaded conversations

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@misc{stackexchange_2024,
  title     = {Stack Exchange Data Dump},
  author    = {{Stack Exchange, Inc.}},
  year      = {2024},
  month     = {apr},
  publisher = {Internet Archive},
  url       = {https://archive.org/details/stackexchange}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Stack Exchange, Inc. (2024). Stack Exchange — woodworking.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-woodworking.echo.directory/

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Stack Exchange, Inc. Stack Exchange — woodworking.stackexchange.com. 2024, stackexchange-woodworking.echo.directory/.

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