On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 1:23:50 PM UTC-5, Doug Miller wrote:
> [email protected] wrote in news:3dad83e7-df52-4ea1-81f7-81db1fd5a138
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> @googlegroups.com:
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> > I created a webpage that lets you enter your lumber species, starting and final moisture
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> content and width and it will calculate your lumber expansion or contraction.
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> > Let me know what you think.
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> > Enjoy! AND Merry Christmas!
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> > http://www.garagewoodworks.com/moisture.php
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> Cool. Thanks.
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> A few suggestions, though, Brian:
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> 1. Don't clear the form when you display the answer. I'd like to see what I entered for
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> species, moisture content, and width. This would also make it possible to see the
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> dimensional change for different widths of the same species at the same moisture contents,
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> without having to re-enter anything except the width.
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> 2. Round the answer to either three or two decimal places. "... contract by 0.13872 inches" is
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> a bit overly precise, dontcha think? :-)
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> 3. Some folks might find it useful to have the dimensional change shown in >fractional inches
Implemented this. Now gives fraction to the nearest 1/16". This was a tricky one for me. :)
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> as well as decimal inches.
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> 4. Our neighbors to the north might find it useful to be able to specify dimensions, and get
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> their answers, in metric units. Perhaps some of them will comment on that, and on whether
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> mm or cm would be more convenient.
On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:07:58 -0800 (PST), [email protected] wrote:
>I created a webpage that lets you enter your lumber species, starting and final moisture content and width and it will calculate your lumber expansion or contraction.
>
>Let me know what you think.
>
>Enjoy! AND Merry Christmas!
>
>http://www.garagewoodworks.com/moisture.php
Quite useful! For the novice woodworkers some suggested starting and ending
moisture percentages would be nice. Green, air dried, kiln dried, after six
months in an air conditioned home, etc.
May not be important, but your form will accept percentages above 100. Sanity
checks are typically done on input forms to prevent people from entering stuff
like this, http://xkcd.com/327/
--
William
[email protected] wrote in news:3dad83e7-df52-4ea1-81f7-81db1fd5a138
@googlegroups.com:
> I created a webpage that lets you enter your lumber species, starting and final moisture
content and width and it will calculate your lumber expansion or contraction.
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
> Enjoy! AND Merry Christmas!
>
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/moisture.php
>
Cool. Thanks.
A few suggestions, though, Brian:
1. Don't clear the form when you display the answer. I'd like to see what I entered for
species, moisture content, and width. This would also make it possible to see the
dimensional change for different widths of the same species at the same moisture contents,
without having to re-enter anything except the width.
2. Round the answer to either three or two decimal places. "... contract by 0.13872 inches" is
a bit overly precise, dontcha think? :-)
3. Some folks might find it useful to have the dimensional change shown in fractional inches
as well as decimal inches.
4. Our neighbors to the north might find it useful to be able to specify dimensions, and get
their answers, in metric units. Perhaps some of them will comment on that, and on whether
mm or cm would be more convenient.
[email protected] wrote in news:fe356ea4-e7eb-4ff0-a563-
[email protected]:
> Ok. I've implemented most of your suggestions. Still need to work on metric conversion
which should be straight forward.
>
Nice. One more suggestion: decrease the vertical height of the form, so that the answer is
visible without scrolling.
On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 1:23:50 PM UTC-5, Doug Miller wrote:
> [email protected] wrote in news:3dad83e7-df52-4ea1-81f7-81db1fd5a138
>
> @googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
> > I created a webpage that lets you enter your lumber species, starting and final moisture
>
> content and width and it will calculate your lumber expansion or contraction.
>
> >
>
> > Let me know what you think.
>
> >
>
> > Enjoy! AND Merry Christmas!
>
> >
>
> > http://www.garagewoodworks.com/moisture.php
>
> >
>
> Cool. Thanks.
>
>
>
> A few suggestions, though, Brian:
>
>
>
> 1. Don't clear the form when you display the answer. I'd like to see what I entered for
>
> species, moisture content, and width. This would also make it possible to see the
>
> dimensional change for different widths of the same species at the same moisture contents,
>
> without having to re-enter anything except the width.
>
>
>
> 2. Round the answer to either three or two decimal places. "... contract by 0.13872 inches" is
>
> a bit overly precise, dontcha think? :-)
>
>
>
> 3. Some folks might find it useful to have the dimensional change shown in fractional inches
>
> as well as decimal inches.
>
>
>
> 4. Our neighbors to the north might find it useful to be able to specify dimensions, and get
>
> their answers, in metric units. Perhaps some of them will comment on that, and on whether
>
> mm or cm would be more convenient.
Thanks for the suggestions. The precision has already been adjusted to thou inches.
This is a work in progress (I just created it today). Please check back as I continue to improve it and make it prettier. :)
On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 6:01:53 PM UTC-5, William Bagwell wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:07:58 -0800 (PST), [email protected] wrote:
>
>
>
> >I created a webpage that lets you enter your lumber species, starting and final moisture content and width and it will calculate your lumber expansion or contraction.
>
> >
>
> >Let me know what you think.
>
> >
>
> >Enjoy! AND Merry Christmas!
>
> >
>
> >http://www.garagewoodworks.com/moisture.php
>
>
>
> Quite useful!
Thank you.
>For the novice woodworkers some suggested starting and ending
>
> moisture percentages would be nice.
Check! :)
> Green, air dried, kiln dried, after six
>
> months in an air conditioned home, etc.
>
>
>
> May not be important, but your form will accept percentages above 100. Sanity
>
> checks are typically done on input forms to prevent people from entering stuff
>
> like this, http://xkcd.com/327/
>
> --
>
> William
On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 1:23:50 PM UTC-5, Doug Miller wrote:
> [email protected] wrote in news:3dad83e7-df52-4ea1-81f7-81db1fd5a138
>
> @googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
> > I created a webpage that lets you enter your lumber species, starting and final moisture
>
> content and width and it will calculate your lumber expansion or contraction.
>
> >
>
> > Let me know what you think.
>
> >
>
> > Enjoy! AND Merry Christmas!
>
> >
>
> > http://www.garagewoodworks.com/moisture.php
>
> >
>
> Cool. Thanks.
>
>
>
> A few suggestions, though, Brian:
>
>
>
> 1. Don't clear the form when you display the answer. I'd like to see what I entered for
>
> species, moisture content, and width. This would also make it possible to see the
>
> dimensional change for different widths of the same species at the same moisture contents,
>
> without having to re-enter anything except the width.
>
>
>
> 2. Round the answer to either three or two decimal places. "... contract by 0.13872 inches" is
>
> a bit overly precise, dontcha think? :-)
>
>
>
> 3. Some folks might find it useful to have the dimensional change shown in fractional inches
>
> as well as decimal inches.
>
>
>
> 4. Our neighbors to the north might find it useful to be able to specify dimensions, and get
>
> their answers, in metric units. Perhaps some of them will comment on that, and on whether
>
> mm or cm would be more convenient.
Ok. I've implemented most of your suggestions. Still need to work on metric conversion which should be straight forward.