#wood

Wood-moisture maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the moisture-content, oven-dry-weight and drying-target numbers a woodworker, sawyer, kiln operator or firewood seller weighs timber by. The moisture-content endpoint takes a wet weight and an oven-dry weight and returns the moisture content on both conventions: the dry basis (water ÷ oven-dry weight × 100, the forestry and woodworking standard) and the wet/green basis (water ÷ wet weight × 100, common in agriculture and paper) — a board weighing 120 g that dries to 100 g holds 20 g of water and is 20 % dry-basis or 16.7 % wet-basis, so it always matters which is quoted. Above fibre saturation (~28–30 %) the wood is still shedding free water and has not begun to shrink. The dry-weight endpoint back-calculates the unchanging oven-dry weight from a current weight and a meter reading (wet ÷ (1 + MC/100)), the anchor for any drying plan because the wood substance does not change as water leaves. The target-weight endpoint uses that anchor to give the weight a piece should reach for a target moisture content and the water still to drive off — taking 120 g at 20 % down to 12 % means a 112 g target and 8 g of water to lose, so you simply weigh the piece down to that figure. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for woodworking and lutherie tools, sawmill and kiln-drying apps, and firewood-seasoning calculators. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Mass-balance maths — pair it with a real moisture meter. 3 compute endpoints. For board feet use a lumber API; for a wood-stack volume a firewood API.

api.oanor.com/woodmoisture-api

Firewood maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The volume endpoint turns a wood-stack's length, height and depth (in feet or metres) into its volume in cubic feet and cubic metres, full cords, face cords and steres — a full cord being 128 cubic feet (a 4×4×8 ft stack) and a face cord being an 8×4 ft stack by the piece (log) length. The convert endpoint converts a quantity between cords, face cords, steres, cubic metres and cubic feet, using the piece length for the face-cord relationship. The heat endpoint estimates the heating value of a number of cords by wood species — returning the millions of BTU and the equivalent gallons of heating oil, therms of natural gas and kilowatt-hours — from a built-in table of typical seasoned-wood values (oak, hickory, maple, ash, birch, pine and more) or a custom figure. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Heat values are typical seasoned figures (around 20% moisture) and vary with species, dryness and stove efficiency. Ideal for firewood sellers and delivery tools, heating and homestead apps, and forestry and woodlot calculators. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is firewood volume and energy; for general volume or unit conversion use a unit-conversion API.

api.oanor.com/firewood-api