diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/riiablo/excel2/BinGenerator.java b/core/src/main/java/com/riiablo/excel2/BinGenerator.java
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+package com.riiablo.excel2;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle;
+
+import com.riiablo.io.ByteOutput;
+import com.riiablo.logger.LogManager;
+import com.riiablo.logger.Logger;
+
+public class BinGenerator {
+  private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(BinGenerator.class);
+
+  String sourcePackage = "com.riiablo.excel2.txt";
+  String excelPath = "DATA\\GLOBAL\\EXCEL2".toLowerCase(); // string will be defined elsewhere in caps
+  FileHandle binDir;
+
+  public void generateBins() {
+    log.info("Generating bins for {}...", sourcePackage);
+
+  }
+
+  public <E extends Excel.Entry, S extends Serializer<E>, T extends Excel<E, S>>
+  void generateBin(T excel) {
+    final Class<? extends Excel> excelClass = excel.excelClass();
+    log.trace("excel: {}", excelClass.getCanonicalName());
+
+    FileHandle excelDir = binDir.child(excelPath);
+    log.trace("excelDir: {}", excelDir);
+    excelDir.mkdirs();
+
+    FileHandle binFile = excelDir.child(excelClass.getSimpleName() + "." + "bin");
+    log.trace("binFile: {}", binFile);
+
+    ByteOutput out = ByteOutput.wrap(Unpooled.buffer());
+    S serializer = excel.newSerializer();
+    for (E entry : excel) {
+      serializer.writeBin(entry, out);
+    }
+
+    log.trace("\n{}", ByteBufUtil.prettyHexDump(out.buffer()));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/riiablo/excel2/BinGeneratorTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/riiablo/excel2/BinGeneratorTest.java
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+package com.riiablo.excel2;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle;
+
+import com.riiablo.RiiabloTest;
+import com.riiablo.excel2.txt.MonStats;
+import com.riiablo.logger.Level;
+import com.riiablo.logger.LogManager;
+
+public class BinGeneratorTest extends RiiabloTest {
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void before() {
+    LogManager.setLevel("com.riiablo.excel2.BinGenerator", Level.TRACE);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void monstats() throws IOException {
+    FileHandle handle = Gdx.files.internal("test/monstats.txt");
+    Excel monstats = Excel.loadTxt(new MonStats(), handle);
+
+    BinGenerator generator = new BinGenerator();
+    generator.binDir = Gdx.files.absolute(
+        "C:\\Users\\csmith\\projects\\libgdx\\riiablo\\assets");
+    generator.generateBin(monstats);
+  }
+}