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Default How to straighten a 5x10ft, 3/4" steel plate

On 2013-10-21, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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On 2013-10-21, Larry Jaques
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5x10 feet, 3/4" top, six legs, pretty nice table.

Is this for you or for sale as a welding table? What's she weigh?


For sale. I did not weigh it. Maybe 2,000 lbs.

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For quick estimates, 1" steel weighs 40 lbs per square foot.
Fractional thicknesses are easily figured as 5 Lbs per 1/8 inch, i.e
3/4" equals 30 Lbs per square foot.
http://www.turnersteelcoinc.com/html/plates.html




I wrote a little scrap calculator webpage that I find handy.

http://www.algebra-inc.com/scrap.mpl

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