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Hi,

I am a new member to The Patriot Woodworker and this is my first post. I thought I would add to this blog by giving something away. I have written a plugin for SketchUp that calculates the movement of wood due to seasonal changes and by region of the country for various species. The first major revision, Wood Expansion Calculator 1.0 is available and now supports Metric dimensions. As mentioned, it is a free tool and can be downloaded at http://www.srww.com/downloads/wood_expansion_calculator_rev_1.0.zip .


I first wrote about this tool in June (see http://www.srww.com/blog/?p=1223) and explained its use. I again posted a blog announcing the release of Revision 1.0 (see http://www.srww.com/blog/?p=1259) and explaining the changes to this release.


Check it out. If you have trouble or don’t know how to install it in SketchUp, contact me at jpz@srww.com .


Joe….
a.k.a. Chiefwoodworker

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Comment by Chiefwoodworker on September 15, 2010 at 7:35am
Hi Dan,

Thanks for the kind words. I am working on a revision that will let you manage the region list which will allow international users (non-USA) to include local climate data. It should be available sometime this fall.

BTW, I am looking for other ideas for helpful plugins. If you have an idea for something that will save time and energy please let me know.

Joe....

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Comment by Dan Chernoff on September 15, 2010 at 7:22am
Joe,

I tried out this tool and it is just great for calculating allowances for tight-tolerance fits like full-inset drawers. Can't wait to try it out on a real project. Thanks for your hard work.

Dan
Comment by Chiefwoodworker on August 12, 2010 at 4:57am
Thanks John. 1.0 is by no means the finished product. I have lots of requests for additional functionality so this development will continue for some time.

I am on my way out but will check in again this evening and say hello to folks then.

Joe....

Site Admin
Comment by John Morris on August 11, 2010 at 6:56pm
Thank Joe! I have been following your work with The Wood Expansion Calculator, now I need to get over there and check out the final product. This is a unique tool, I know you put a lot of hard work into this tool. As a matter of fact, I was receiving email updates on this project of yours and I followed it with great interest.
Thanks for posting it here Joe, I hope the other guys take the time to check it out.

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