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Post subject:pounds of metal
 Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 02:59 AM #6920
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Location: Vermont
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| Some day i would like to figure out how to bid jobs,My question is how do you figure out how many pounds of metal there are in say a 10 x 10x 50 feet duct line.Usually the sheetmetal shops will sell it to you buy the pound. |
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 05:34 AM #6922
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Joined: Nov 13, 2007
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Location: Omaha, NE
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| You can figure weight by the surface area fairly easily. Anyone have a chart for him? |
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Dec 07, 2007 - 01:16 AM #6966
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| still curious had a guy going to send me what he uses but its on excell and i use vista thanks anyways. |
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Dec 07, 2007 - 01:32 PM #6967
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Joined: May 16, 2005
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Location: Atlantic, Iowa
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No problem....just install Open Office which supports Vista and its free. I run this office suite on many pcs and it actually runs quite well. Mostly it will run that Excel program that person was going to send you. Here is Open Office link:
http://www.openoffice.org/ |
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Dec 08, 2007 - 06:22 AM #6968
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Location: Omaha, NE
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Microsoft has a free Excel viewer, just the same as they have free viewers for practically any MS format. But without an ability to edit, spreadsheets are kind of pointless. 
Open Office is good. If you have a *nix machine then you can use a few more free alternatives.
Weightwise per square-foot:
30 guage = .5 pounds per square-foot
28 guage = .625 pounds per square-foot
26 guage = .75 pounds per square-foot
24 guage = 1 pounds per square-foot
22 guage = 1.25 pounds per square-foot
20 guage = 1.5 pounds per square-foot |
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Dec 09, 2007 - 11:59 PM #6972
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| Bidding by the pound these days is the fastest way to go out of business. |
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 01:36 AM #6977
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Bidding by the pound these days is the fastest way to go out of business.
Really why do you say that? just curious Im no expert when it comes to bidding just a installer and wanna be owner somday lol |
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 01:15 PM #6978
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I have a Excel spreadsheet that I use for pricing raw stock in the flat if you would like a copy .
You plug in cost/lb , length , and width and it computes cost per piece for all the gages for SST , Alum , Galv. CRS , and Copper . Also computes Lbs. for Each size length and width you enter .
This is a great site by the way . |
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Dec 13, 2007 - 02:24 AM #6981
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 01:36 PM #6985
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Joined: Dec 06, 2006
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Tried sending the spreadsheet to your e-mail but got a error message .
Tried to attach it here bit site won't allow me to attach a .xls file .
send me an e-mail at bruceh@profilemetal-ray and I will forward it to you .
Thanks ,
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 10:44 PM #6986
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Joined: May 13, 2003
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| I'll look into why we can not upload .xls files. It might be a security thing? Sorry about that! |
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Post subject:RE: pounds of metal
Posted: Dec 21, 2007 - 12:10 AM #7004
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