Leathercraft API

Leathercraft maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the weight, area and strap numbers a leatherworker, saddler or maker cuts a project by. The thickness endpoint handles the quirk that leather “weight” is really a thickness: one ounce equals one sixty-fourth of an inch, or 0.397 mm, so 8 oz leather is 3.18 mm — and it converts in either direction between ounces, millimetres and inches and suggests typical uses, from 2–3 oz linings and wallets up to 9 oz-plus belts and saddlery. The area endpoint converts hide area between the US square foot, the European square decimetre (1 ft² = 9.29 dm²) and square metres, and sizes a project: given the leather a project needs and a waste allowance — 25–40 % is normal because hides have irregular edges and flaws — it returns the usable area and how many hides to buy. The strap endpoint counts straps cut from a rectangular piece (count = ⌊width ÷ strap width⌋, each as long as the piece) or the continuous lace length a spiral cut yields from an area (length = area ÷ width). Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for leatherwork, saddlery, crafting, bag-making and maker app developers, project-estimator and material-cost tools, and workshop software. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 compute endpoints.