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Angle iron shelving cut list and cutting layout
What it does and how it is worked out
Type the cuts of your angle iron shelving and the page lays them out on the fewest bars, with what is left of each one. Free, in the browser and on a phone. The list below is an example, three shelving units in angle iron, 48 × 18 × 72 in: 72 pieces on 13 bars of 240 in, 99 % of the bar used. Clear it and put in your own cuts.
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The example of this page, worked out
The list the page opens with is an example, not anybody's order: three shelving units in angle iron, 48 × 18 × 72 in. Every length comes from the outside sizes of the job, and the figures are the optimiser's own, worked out by the same code as the tool above, on bars of 240 in with a 0.125 in cut and 0.5 in trimmed off each end.
| What the optimiser answers | Figure |
|---|---|
| Bars to buy | 13 |
| Pieces | 72 |
| Bar used | 98.5 % |
| Waste: blade, trim and short ends | 1.5 % |
| Offcuts worth keeping, 12 in or more | 7 · 19.1 ft |
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The cutting list of the example
| Piece | Qty | Length, in |
|---|---|---|
| Upright | 12 | 72 |
| Beam | 30 | 48 |
| Cross member | 30 | 18 |
The same list on the main optimiser, with other bar lengths and your own offcuts: open it there.
What to watch: angle iron shelving
- Equal parts by the dozen. A rack is many parts of three lengths: the optimiser finds which lengths go together in a bar so that the last piece of each is not thrown away.
- Count the levels, not the gaps. Each level is two beams and two cross members; five levels are the bottom, the top and three between.
- Change the bar before you change the rack. If a length leaves a long end in every bar, try the other bar your supplier sells: the page works both out in a moment.
- Your bar, your blade, your trim. The example is on bars of 240 in with a 0.125 in cut and 0.5 in trimmed off each end. Set the bar your supplier sells and the width of your blade: the plan is worked out again as you type, and so is what is worth keeping (12 in or more here).
Templates: angle iron shelving
Example sizes, not a standard: load one into the list above, then change each length to yours. Loading one replaces the list; nothing is sent and no email is asked for.
| Template | Pieces | Bars | Used | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One unit, 36 in wide, four levels | 20 | 4 | 99.2 % | Load |
| Four deep units for a storeroom | 80 | 19 | 97.1 % | Load |
Bars and bar used on bars of 240 in, as the optimiser works them out. What the bars weigh: metal weight calculator.
Questions people ask
- How many bars does angle iron shelving take?
- The example on this page, three shelving units in angle iron, 48 × 18 × 72 in, is 72 pieces and takes 13 bars of 240 in with a 0.125 in cut and 0.5 in trimmed off each end: 98.5 % of the bar is used and 7 offcuts are worth keeping. Put in your own cuts and the page works out yours.
- How much angle iron does a shelving unit take?
- Four uprights the height, and for every level two beams the width and two cross members the depth. The example, three units of 48 × 18 × 72 in with 5 levels, takes 13 bars of 240 in.