The Wood Machining Institute (WMI), founded in January, 1984 in Berkeley, California, is an independent, international center organized to collect, evaluate and disseminate information about wood machining equipment and cutting tools (saws and knives, etc.), and operations such as debarking of logs, chipping, slicing, sawing, planing, molding, shaping, routing, sanding, and safety issues with woodworking equipment and cutting tools.