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File Downloads:
BoardCalc 2.2 for Palm OS - New Install: 70K zip file
BoardCalc 2.2 for Palm OS - Update from 2.0/2.1: 67K zip file
BoardCalc 2.2a for Windows - Full Install 1.6M exe
BoardCalc 2.2a for Windows - Update 600K exe
Links:
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Web page last Updated:
16-June-09
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Joseph Diederichs
Description:
BoardCalc is a calculator
specifically for woodworkers. It ‘thinks’ in fractions, feet and
inches, yards, board feet, or metric. It does conversions between
metric and imperial units, decimal and fractions, board feet and
areas/volumes. It includes a general purpose calculator, a log
weight/yield calculator, and a shrinkage calculator. BoardCalc can be
run on a PC (Windows) or a Palm OS device. A J2ME-enabled cell phone
version of the log weight/yield calculator is currently in the works
(see support page).
Features:
General Purpose Calculator -
- On a Palm OS device, one calculator page
has buttons large
enough to operate with a finger. Another calculator page requires a
stylus
but contains all the calculator buttons including units
- Works with fractions or decimal values, converts back and forth with one button press
- Calculates board feet from 2 or 3 dimensions, an area, or a volume
- Easy conversions between: inches / feet / yards / board feet / mm / cm / meters for length, area or volume
- Values can be entered as whole/fraction, decimal or feet/inches/fraction
- Graffiti (Palm) or keyboard (PC) input can be used, as well as pressing calulator buttons
- Display of fractions can be rounded to nearest 1/2, 4th, 8th, 16th, 32nd or 64th without changing the accuracy of the stored value
- A memory register stores, sums and recalls values. Also has a clear button
- Display of feet/inches/fraction can show inches/fraction below a user-selectable number of feet ( 23 ½” vs. 1’11 ½”)
- A percent button
- Backspace button (a goof doesn’t mean starting over)
- Display shows the entire current calculation (as opposed to a single number as most calculators do)
Log Weight/Yield Calculator -
- Estimates the weight of a log, given the small diameter,
length
and species
- Calculates the lumber yield of the log in board feet, using the Doyle, Scribner Decimal C or International 1/4 inch log rule
- The result of each calculation (weight and yield) is put in
the
recent calculations list
- Log Weight and Yield can be put directly into the User's
Saved
List (and imported to the PC version after a HotSync from the Palm OS
version)
- Memory buttons can be used to save weight and yield, or
keep a
running total
- Green Density data for over 100 North American species is included in Master Species List
Shrinkage Calculator -
- Calculates the change in dimension according to relative
humidty
and wood species
- Calculates for either radial or tangential change
- Three dimensions are shown, each at its own relative
humidity
- When any dimension or relative humidity is changed, the effect on all three dimensions is calculated
- Shrinkage data for over 200 species of domestic and imported species is included in the Master Species List
General -
- Recent calculations list stores complete calculations in a sensible format
- User’s saved list - keeps a list of
editable text lines that the user can save from general purpose
calculator, the log weight/yield calculator, or from recent calculations. Each line is
editable, and up to 99 lines are saved. The list from the Palm OS
device can be imported into the PC version, after a HotSync.
- The Palm OS version works with color or monochrome devices, on Palm OS versions 3.0 and above
- The Windows version works under Windows 98
or higher
- Species lists can be sorted alphabetically,
by shrinkage (tangential or radial), by stability (tangential vs
radial shrinkage) or by green density (weight)
- A custom species list can contain new
species, the smaller number of species you regularly use, or species
edited with your data
BoardCalc is shareware - try it for 30 days. If you like it enough to purchase it, you can buy it for $12 at the links below. You will need your Reg Code from the about page for the Windows version, or your HotSync name for the Palm OS version.
Palm OS: Windows:
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