Calculated Industries Construction Master 5 User manual

CONSTRUCTION
MASTER
®
5
En Español
ADVANCED FEET-INCH-FRACTION CALCULATOR
Model 4054
Pocket Reference Guide
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The Construction Master 5 calculator helps
you save time, cut costly errors and build
like a pro!
Quickly Solve:
• Feet-Inches-Fractions, Yards, Metric
Dimensional Problems and Conversions
• Problems Involving All Fractions
— 1/2-1/64ths!
• Areas, Volumes and Weights
• Circle/Arc Calculations
• Common, Hip/Valley, Jack Rafter
Lengths (Regular and Irregular)
• Rake-Wall Solutions
• Concrete, Flooring Quantity
• Roofing Materials
• Squaring-Up
• Stair Layout Solutions, and more!
CONSTRUCTION MASTER®5 v3.1
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GETTING STARTED ...............................1
KEY DEFINITIONS/FUNCTIONS..........1
Basic Function Keys ............................1
Dimension Keys...................................2
Arc/Circle Keys ....................................4
Right Triangle/Roof Framing Keys ......4
Stair Layout Key ..................................7
Stair Settings .......................................8
Miscellaneous Functions .....................8
PAPERLESS TAPE EXAMPLE ...........10
PREFERENCE SETTINGS .................11
ENTERING DIMENSIONS ..................13
Linear Dimensions.............................13
Square and Cubic Dimensions..........13
Linear Conversions............................14
Square and Cubic Conversions.........15
BASIC MATH OPERATIONS ..............15
EXAMPLES ...........................................16
Adding and Subtracting Strings of
Dimensions.....................................16
Multiplying Dimensions......................16
Dividing Dimensions ..........................17
Percent Calculations..........................17
Square Area.......................................18
Rectangular Area and Volume...........18
Entering Square and Cubic and
Adding a Waste Allowance.............19
Weight Conversions ..........................19
Weight per Volume ............................20
Using the Memory .............................21
Board Feet and Cost .........................22
Carpentry — Calculating Number
of Studs ..........................................22
Baluster Spacing ...............................23
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Circle Area and Circumference .........24
Arc Angle or Degree ..........................24
Concrete Volume for Driveway..........25
Concrete Columns.............................25
Complex Concrete Volume................26
RIGHT ANGLE/FRAMING...................28
Squaring-Up a Foundation ................29
Pitch — Converting Roof Angle.........29
Converting Slope ...............................30
Common Rafter Length .....................30
Regular Hip/Valley and Jack
Rafters............................................31
Irregular Hip/Valley ............................33
Rake-Wall — No Base.......................34
STAIRS ................................................35
Stairs — Given Rise and Run ...........35
Stairs — Given Only the Floor-to-Floor
Rise; Entering Other Than 7-1/2 Inch
Desired Riser Height ......................37
APPENDIX ............................................38
Setting Fractional Resolution.............38
Default Settings .................................39
Auto-Shut Off.....................................39
Accuracy/Errors .................................40
Battery ...............................................41
Replacing the Battery ........................41
Reset .................................................41
AREA AND VOLUME FORMULAS .....42
REPAIR AND RETURN .......................44
WARRANTY ........................................45
FCC CLASS B .....................................47
LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS ..............47
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POCKET REFERENCE GUIDE — 1
KEY DEFINITIONS / FUNCTIONS
Basic Function Keys
+ – x Arithmetic operation keys.
÷ =
0– 9Keys used for entering
and •numbers.
%Percent Key — Four-func-
tion (+, –, x, ÷) percent key.
OOff Key — Turns all power
off, clearing all non-perma-
nent registers.
oOn/Clear Key — Turns on
power. Pressing once clears
the display. Pressing twice
clears all temporary values.
ÇConvert Key — Used with
the dimensional keys to
convert between dimen-
sions or with other keys to
access special functions.
√Square Root Key — Used to
find the Square Root of a
non-dimensional or area
value.
Ç √ x2Function — Finds the
Square of a linear or non-
dimensional value.
GETTING STARTED
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