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Karl

12-09-2006 11:09:45




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Hi I am looking for a book that tells how much all kinds of metal pipe, plate, and beams weigh per foot.




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Stan in Oly, WA

12-10-2006 01:33:58




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 Re: metal weight book in reply to Karl, 12-09-2006 11:09:45  
Hi Karl,

I'll add my endorsement for the Pocket Reference Guide along with Tim B and swms301. It contains a truly amazing amount of information and it's usually more convenient to keep at the jobsite than a computer.

Last summer I was sitting on my front steps looking up something in my copy (I should mention that it's black and just slightly larger than a pack of 100mm cigarettes) when a couple of Mormon missionaries walked up my driveway and greeted me. "Reading your bible?" one of them asked. I considered it for a moment and then said, "Yes, I am."

All the best, Stan

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IA Roy

12-09-2006 19:40:24




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 Re: metal weight book in reply to Karl, 12-09-2006 11:09:45  
Steel weighs .284# per cubic inch. Measure length by width by thickness in inches and multiply by .284 and you get pounds. It is not so simple with tubing and angles and channels. There should be much information on the web. I am sure that the weight per cubic foot in an earlier post is correct, but easier figuring in inches instead of pounds.



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Areo

12-09-2006 16:14:55




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 Re: metal weight book in reply to Karl, 12-09-2006 11:09:45  
Steel supplier catolog has this info. I would expect any steel supplier website would have it. My old standby is an old Lincoln "Farm Arc Welding" book I got in high school.

Areo



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jimlll

12-09-2006 12:34:00




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 Re: metal weight book in reply to Karl, 12-09-2006 11:09:45  
Common steel weighs about 489 pounds per cubic foot. You can calculate the volume per foot of what you are working with and multiply.

Hope this is of help.



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Slowpoke

12-09-2006 12:28:19




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 Re: metal weight book in reply to Karl, 12-09-2006 11:09:45  
Try this on eBay: 220058583118



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Tim B from MA

12-09-2006 11:19:41




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 Re: metal weight book in reply to Karl, 12-09-2006 11:09:45  
Tom Glover's Pocket Reference Guide has lots of the info, plus a million other facts, but I would bet that you can find a dozen web sites that will tell you what you need to know.



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swms301

12-09-2006 11:55:27




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 Re: metal weight book in reply to Tim B from MA, 12-09-2006 11:19:41  
Second that on the Pocket Reference Guide. One suggestion though, mark it well. I seem to have "donated" several copies over the years.



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jhill52

12-09-2006 12:19:52




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 Re: metal weight book in reply to swms301, 12-09-2006 11:55:27  
I got mine free from my steel supplier. It lists steel and aluminum shapes.

Jerry



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