Stainless Steel Grades Chart
This is stainless steel. Have you ever wondered why some metals rust and others don’t? Why does your old car door turn rusty but your … Read more
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Drywall Sq Ft Calculator | Sheets and Materials
There’s a particular type of panic involved in standing in an empty room, surrounded by nothing but heavy gypsum boards, realizing you have no idea … Read more
Welding Cap Size Chart
A poor fitting welding cap frustrates you. After hours it become worse and makes job difficult. All you want to do is concentrate on that … Read more
Load Bearing Header Size Chart
Unless something goes wrong with it, you likely have never given much thought to the horizontal piece of wood sitting over your door frame. Maybe … Read more
Metal Tubing Weight Calculator | Tube Load Planner
If you’ve ever been in a supply yard with two bundles of tubing that appear similar on the outside, you know what I’m talking about. … Read more
2×12 Span Chart
You know the look. When building your dream garage apartment requires a twenty-foot clear span in your room, you stare at your stack of lumber. … Read more
2×6 Rafter Span Chart
Calculator + Lumber = Framing Site, which is where things get complicated for your roof: What happens if those lumber boards has to go really … Read more
Concrete Calculator | Slab, Footing & Column Volume
But if you know how many bags you need, it keeps you from panicking. Before you even dig, you figure out how many bag are … Read more
W Steel Beam Size Chart
Then there’s the steel beams that has a W12x26 on them… you think it’s some kind of cryptic code from a bygone era. It isn’t … Read more
Chain Length From Center Distance Calculator
Now you’ve got two sprockets and a measurement for shaft spacing. How do you know what size chain to pick? It’s not an easy thing … Read more
Steel I-beam Sizes Chart
Steel is a material choice that’s really a geometry question. Why does an I-beam work? It’s not so much what type of steel are used … Read more
Sprocket Pitch Diameter Calculator
A sprocket chain drive is a basic way to pass power from one shaft to another. But when you want parts to fit together neatly … Read more
Sheet Metal Weight Calculator | Gauge & Area
So you pick up a run-of-the-mill piece of four by eight sheet mild steel and are suddenely reminded that it’s much heavier then you remember. … Read more
Steel Beam Sizes Chart
The chart is full of columns of abbreviations and numbers. It’s intimidating to most folks. Don’t worry about memorizing all those rows in the W-shape … Read more