Free Woodworking Software
This page provides links to lots of free woodworking software,
including downloadable software that you can run on your own PC as well
as free online utilities. If you're looking for free plans or
other free woodworking materials, check out these two sites:
Free-Woodworking-Stuff.Com
- An awesome collection of free woodworking books, catalogs,
charts, plans, software, tool sweepstakes, and other woodworking stuff.
Free
woodworking plans - The Woodworking Plan Finder has
tons of free plans arranged
by category.
WoodBin Freebies
Board Feet Calculator
Here's a handy little calculator for quickly computing how much lumber
you need to order for your next big project. To
install: download to a temporary location on your hard drive, click on
bdft.exe to extract file components, click on setup.exe and follow
directions. Delete all files created in temporary location. MS Windows.
Bill of Materials
This is a template for creating a bill of materials or materials list
once a final drawing is in hand.
Project Summary Template
Use this template to create a summary sheet for your woodworking
projects. Includes project name, date, customer, material costs, labor
breakdown, and construction notes.
Online
woodworking utilities
Calculators for figuring board feet, moisture content, wood shrinkage,
drawer spacing, and shelf sag. Plus a woodworking quiz and wood
selection utility.
Downloadable Woodworking Software
Anglesaw
Excel workbook that calculates the angle of a jeweler's saw blade or
scroll saw blade if you are inlaying any material into another.
Arc Layout
Excel spreadsheet to calculate the path of a circular arc in a work
piece given the length of the arc bottom and the rise at its midpoint.
Basics
An order processing and inventory control system for cabinet, furniture,
fixture and millwork manufacturing. Designed for small companies.
Board Feet Calculator
Quick and simple board feet calculator than can be used to figure out
how much lumber to order for your next woodworking project.
Board Feet Calculator
Excel spreadsheet which calculates board feet given width and length.
Cabinet
Design Spreadsheet
An Excel spreadsheet program which designs all kinds of cabinets. Even
does cost estimates based on raw material costs and labor costs.
Cabinet Doors
Excel spreadsheet that calculates the dimensions for rail and stile
cabinet doors.
Calculator/Converter
With this calculator you can add, subtract, multiply, and divide (MMs,
Fractions, and Decimal inches) without converting to one or the other
first.
Compound Miter Angles
Excel spreadsheet for computing compound miter angles. Displays crosscut
(miter gauge) and blade tilt angles.
Compound Miters
Excel spreadsheet that calculates the cutting angles for making compound
miters.
Compound Miters (Nick Engler)
Nick Engler's calculator for figuring compound miters. Referenced in
Popular Woodworking's April 2005 issue.
Component Sheet
and Summary Sheet
Excel spreadsheet that computes costs and material requirements for
cabinetmakers. Component sheet is for listing components, dimensions and
time. Summary sheet is for summing selected groups and setting waste
variables.
Cove Cutter 1.0
Assists in determining blade height and cutting angle for making cove
cuts on a table saw. Interactively generates a cross-section view
of the cove.
Design Express
Professional strength 3D solid modeling and associative 2D drawings.
It's a no-risk way to get started with 3D parametric solid modeling. Use
it as long as you like. Alibre, Inc.
DesignWorkshop
Lite
The complete freeware DesignWorkshop Lite software package provides all
you need to build your own 3D models for home design and visualization
of architecture, landscapes, exhibits, or any kind of spatial design.
Door Cost
Calculator
This simple door cost calculator comes in handy if you order your doors
from a door manufacturer.
Dovetail Template Maker
Generates dovetail templates (for Incra and JointTech dovetail jigs)
given board thickness, width, size, angle of dovetail bit, and number of
dovetails.
Google SketchUp
A free 3-D design program based on the popular SketchUp design
application. Allows you to click on a shape and then use features such
as push/pull to create your desired 3D geometry. Includes shadowing,
texture fills, and a selection of thousands of pre-drawn components.
Google Inc. Windows/Macintosh.
Inch2Metric
Simple but useful calculator that converts from inches to millimeters
and reverse.
Panel Pro
Creates a bill of materials for a panel door given dimensions of
opening, panel, rail and stile parameters and seasonal movement
allowance.
Picnic Table Design
Generates picnic table plans based on dimensions and other
specifications that you input. Eidsness U-design software.
Windows.
Raised Panel Calculator
Excel spreadsheet that produces a rudimentary diagram and a cut list for
raised panel doors. Inputs include width of rail and styles, outer
dimensions and quantity.
Shelf
Deflection Software
Computes shelf deflection, loading, and related parameters. Also
includes info on 38 different wood species.
SlingShot
Cabinet Detailer
Spreadsheet that enerates cutlists for frameless
cabinet cases that can be exported in CSV format to the Sheet Layout
optimization package.
SlingShot
ToeKicker
Spreadsheet that calculates toe kick schedules for
cabinets. A companion spreadsheet to SlingShot.
SlingShot
DoorMaker
Spreadsheet that calculates dimensions and cutlists
for cabinet door parts. A companion spreadsheet to SlingShot.
SlingShot DrawerBoxer
Spreadsheet that calculates dimensions and cutlists
for drawer components. A companion spreadsheet to SlingShot.
Speaker
Enclosure
Excel spreadsheet that calculates a range of optimum speaker enclosure
dimensions and volumes based on a desired inside width of the front
panel.
Stairway Treads
Excel spreadsheet that calculates the ideal number of stairway treads
given rise and run.
Task Timer
A handy stopwatch to time your tasks on woodworking projects.
Wood Movement
Calculator
Computes dimensions of lumber at different moisture content levels to
assist woodworkers in allowing for wood movement in furniture designs.
Wood
Movement Calculator
Calculates wood movement due to temperature and humidity changes for
many exotic and domestic species of wood.
Woodpro
A lumber database and wood selection system featuring 331 common types
of wood and their properties.
Woodsearch
Excel workbook
Excel workbook research aid that provides cross-referencing for over
16,000 woods and corresponding species names.
Woodworkers
Calculator
Performs simple operations on fractional and/or decimal data and
converts between data formats. Handles inches, feet, metric, etc.
Free Online Woodworking Utilities
Band Saw Calculator
Computes blade speed in surface feet per minute, tooth bite, gullet
area, gullet fill, and horsepower required. Inputs include wood species,
wheel diameter, tooth pitch, kerf, arbor rpm, depth of cut, and feed
speed. International Online Expos Inc. Online calculator.
Band Saw Feeds
and Speeds Calculator
Computes rim speed, bite per tooth, and gullet feed index given wheel
speed, wheel diamter, tooth pitch, feed speed, gullet area, and depth of
cut. TKT Engineering Inc. Online calculator.
Band Saw
Speed Calculator
Computes band saw blade speed in surface feet per minute given wheel
diameter and wheel speed. Online calculator.
Band Saw SFPM
Computes band saw blade speed in surface feet per minute given wheel
diameter, motor RPM, motor pulley diameter, and wheel pulley diameter.
Online calculator.
Board
Foot Calculator
A basic board foot calculator. Just enter thickness, width and length to
figure out cubic volume and board feet.
Box
Calculator
Creates cut lists for building boxes given box dimensions and material
thickness.
Coffee Table Calculator
Creates cut lists for building a custom coffee table given table various
dimensions and material thickness.
Cove Angle Calculator
Online spreadsheet that yields tablesaw-blade and fence-angle settings
for both symmetrical and asymmetrical coves.
Crown Molding
Calculator
Enter the slope angle, the angle of the molding with the wall, enter the
wall angle, and then push the button according to how the angle was
measured in degrees.
Draw
Sizer - Arithmetic Progression
Computes graduated drawer sizes using arithmetic progression. Generates
a graphic and a list of drawer heights.
Draw
Sizer - Geometric Progression
Computes graduated drawer sizes using geometric progression. Generates a
graphic and a list of drawer heights.
Draw
Sizer - Hambridge Proportioning
Computes graduated drawer sizes using Hambridge proportioning. Generates
a graphic and a list of drawer heights.
Ellipses
Calculator - Computes various ellipse parameters: major and minor
axis, eccentricity, area, foci distance, and loop length.
Footulator
Board foot calculator that is a simplified version of the Tabulator (see
below). This utility does not provide materials list generation.
Home Renovator
Online estimating software for the Do-It-Yourselfer. Enter your project
details and receive a complete report of the materials required, cutting
instructions, recommended tools, cost estimates, etc.
Log Weight Calculator
Computes the weight of one more more logs given the species, diameter at
small and large end, length, and number of logs.
Moisture Content
Calculator
Computes equilibrium moisture content of wood given relative humidity
and temperature.
Online Sheeting Cutting
(AP-OCS)
Subscription-based 2D optimization tool that can be used in wood, metal,
glass, and plastic industries.
Sagulator
Calculates shelf sag given type of shelf material, shelf load, length,
width, and thickness. Handles many different materials including
hardwoods, softwoods, and manufactured panels.
Shrinkulator
Estimates dimensional changes in wood, either shrinkage or
expansion, based on changes in the wood's moisture content.
Tabulator
A board foot calculator and lumber material list generator. Provides
options for resawing, a waste factor, lumber costs, and customization of
output results.
Who wants to be a
woodworking whiz?
A quiz game for woodworkers that features 15 questions of varying
difficulty and 3 lifelines.
Wood Picker
Wood selection tool that provides 10 different criteria such as weight,
hardness, strength, and ease of working. Covers many of the most
commonly used woods by woodworkers.
Kitchen Designer
Walks you through the process of creating a floor plan, adding cabinets,
counters, doors, windows and appliances-in various styles and colors.
The Mathouse - Online
calculators for home projects including project estimators, unit
conversions, and volume calculations.
Shelves Calculator
Creates cut lists for building shelves given shelf dimensions and
material thickness.
Woodworking Price Estimator - an
online wizard for project cost estimating. From the makers of CutList
Plus.
Workshop Planner (Grizzly) - Design a shop online. First define the
size of the shop and then drag-n-drop tools where you want them. Table
saws, band saws, drill presses, shapers, sanders, work tables,... they
have em all.
Workshop Planner
(Bob Vila) - Designs a workshop in 3D. Start with a sample floor plan or
create your own from scratch. Add the tools you already own, then add in
storage, worktables, stationary tools, and whatever else you plan to put
in your shop.
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