maddog Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I made this chart in Excel because I needed to figure how much 2" axle I needed for a 2lb hammer. It might be useful to others. For a given sq. or rnd. stock dimension, it gives the weight per linear inch in lbs oz. Edited: To add column names PS. I tried to upload the Excel file but the editor would not allow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Handy. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacock Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I use 4 cubic inches per pound. That leaves 10% for scale and finish. 1 cubic inch of steel = .284# Round DxDx.7854xL= cubic inch most other shape LxWxH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Nice to have on the wall for reference. Curious 1.88 came out 16ozs. I coulda swore it was 1 pound.:blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Nice to have on the wall for reference. Curious 1.88 came out 16ozs. I coulda swore it was 1 pound. Yeah, it's a rounding effect. I rounded down to get whole pounds and rounded up the fractional part to get oz's. 1.875 (the steps are in eigths) comes out a tiny bit below 16ozs - 15.975. Setting up the calculation and the table of figures was 5 mins work. Fussing with it to get it into presentable format took another 30! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I have an old give away book from a steel company that has pounds per inch for a bunch of different shapes/sized items; however I often use Jock's Mass3 program over at anvilfire to get a weight for stuff mentioned on-line. It also has the weights for a bunch of different metals so you can compare them at a glance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 If you're in the field and away from a chart, for squares and flats, you can mulitply width x thickness x 3.396 to get weight per foot length. http://www.turleyforge.com Granddaddy of Blacksmith Schools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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