ok guys i feel i need to send this as all of your guys are wasting licences in my eyes, in your tool production, so below are the 2 different ways to produce tools and after u have read i feel u will understand..
there are 2 ways to make tools
option 1
to make tools with tool maker u need the following,
1x tool maker, (1 licence) to supply the tool maker u need
1x copper smelter,(1 licence) to supply copper smelter u need
1x copper mine, and 1 coking plant,(2 licences) to supply coking plant u need
1x pine cutter (1 licence) to supply pine cutter u need
1x forester (1 licence
in total it takes 6 licences to make tools using tool maker and keeping it supplied
option 2
make tools in provision house cost pine wood planks and stone
1 x pinewood sawmill (1 licence) to supply sawmill u need
1 x pine wood cutter (1 licences) to supply pine wood cutter u need
1 x forester (1 licence)
1 x stone mason (1 licence)
total of 4 licences,
production time with level 5 provision house is 3 minutes for 1250 tools
i use option 2, as i already had them built when i first started playing, and better to use them for tools, instead
of destroying later in the game when there is no other use for stones and pinewood planks plus coal is very much needed and it save 2 licence less per tool maker
many thanks