[TheForge] Steel weight

Steve Smith sos at alum.mit.edu
Sat Apr 16 12:59:35 EDT 2005


You can get fairly close (with a little math) by taking 12"x12"x1/4" as 
10 pounds. An easy one to remember when you're at the scrapyard.

Steve

Phlip wrote:
> Anybody know where, on line, I might be able to find a table of steel weight
> per running foot? I need to buy some stock, and since they price it by the
> weight, and I figure out how much I need by the foot, I thought it might be
> helpful if I knew what the conversion is.
> 
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD
> 
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>  Blacksmith's credo.
> 
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
> 
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> 
> 
> 


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