Wednesday, June 30, 2010

"The Best Two Bucks I Ever Spent"

That's what a friend said when he was telling me about the new Woodshop Widget application for iPhones, iPads, and iPods.

If you're in an electronic time warp that's stuck in 2001 (like me) and use the free cell phone that came with your sign-on agreement, you can still use all the woodworking-related utilities that Kenneth Woodruff and Marc Spagnuolo have worked so hard to put together. It's available for free on the internet.

Included in the features are: a board foot calculator; decimal to fraction conversions; wood movement calculations; shellac to alcohol proportions; squareness calculations; and lots of tips and links from Marc, The Wood Whisperer.

The wood movement chart is particularly amazing. Have you been wondering just how much a riftsawn board of Albizia will move in 50% humidity at 80ยบ? Check the chart; it's there.

Kenneth and Marc plan to add more resources to The Woodshop Widget, but already it has enough useful tools to help us in our own woodshops.
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6 comments:

  1. Steve JonesJune 30, 2010 at 12:50 PM

    Appears to be iPhone only.

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  2. Kari HultmanJune 30, 2010 at 1:02 PM

    Thanks, Steve. I corrected the post.

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  3. TheWoodWhispererJune 30, 2010 at 1:34 PM

    Yeah it is iPhone/iPad/iPod only for now. Some smart phones may be able to access the free version on the website, but that's going to depend on the phone.

    Before anyone asks, an Android version is definitely being considered.

    Thanks for the mention Kari! Glad you like the app.

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  4. Kari HultmanJune 30, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    Thanks for clarifying, Marc. Right there is proof of my electronically-challenged mentality!

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  5. AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 2:28 PM

    I bought it for the Board Feet calculator and the Decimal/Fraction thingie.

    Worth it just have that in my pocket when I am in the shop.

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  6. DyamiJune 30, 2010 at 6:14 PM

    Kari,
    I have to join the chorus of praise. The Woodshop Widget is fantastic. Lets hope (and encourage) Kenneth is fast at work on the Android version.

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