FSFabShopSource
For fab shops, welders & ironworkers

Shop math done right, so you can get back to building.

Free calculators and ready-to-cut files from a working structural and miscellaneous metals shop. No sign-up, no fluff.

Free tools

Fast, accurate and built for the shop floor. Works on your phone.

Most used

Cut List Optimizer

Nest your cut list onto 20', 24' or 40' sticks. Minimizes waste, shows the drop, prints a cut sheet.

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Estimating

Steel Weight Calculator

Plate, tube, pipe, angle, bar and beams. Weight per foot, total weight and material cost.

Open tool
Coming soon

Stair Stringer Calculator

Rise, run and stringer length with IBC and OSHA checks built in.

Pro shop files

Coming soon. We are testing every file on real shop jobs before it goes up for sale.

Excel

Steel Fabrication Estimator

Material takeoff with auto weights, labor hours, consumables, markup and a clean quote summary.

$49
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DXF

Base Plate & Gusset DXF Pack

Plasma and laser-ready base plates, cap plates and gussets in common sizes and hole patterns.

$29
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