Example for driftwood planks, which doesn't work:

{
"type": "natural-progression:damage_tools",
"ingredients": [
{
"item": "upgrade_aquatic:stripped_driftwood_log"
},
{
"tag": "natural-progression:axe"
}
],
"result": {
"item": "upgrade_aquatic:driftwood_planks",
"count": 1
}
}

This is supposed to "chop" 1 driftwood log into 1 plank using an axe in the crafting grid, costing axe durability, which is a feature of Natural Progression, and without it crafting driftwood planks is impossible due to Natural Progression disabling all log->plank recipes.

I use this same format for all of biomes o' plenty logs and nethercraft's glowood and it works perfectly.

Solved by switching the located of "stripped" from beginning to end