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Estimate a welding job from total weld length, travel speed and your shop costs. This weld cost calculator separates arc-on time from paid production time. Use it as a welding calculator for cost planning, not weld sizing or a supplier quote. Defaults are illustrative inputs, not market prices.
Estimated welding job cost
$261.60
Cost estimate from your inputs, not a supplier quote or selling price. Taxes, shipping and profit are excluded. Dengaro is an equipment-financing broker, a brand of Funding Routes LLC, not the lender. The equipment link does not send this job cost as a loan amount. Financing is subject to provider review; approval and rates are not guaranteed.
How it works
Convert weld feet to inches, divide by travel speed in inches per minute, then divide by 60 for arc hours. Divide those hours by the arc-on share as a decimal and add setup hours to get labor time. Labor cost plus arc-hour consumables plus base material is direct cost; the overhead percentage applies to that subtotal. Arc-on share covers handling, repositioning and other non-welding production time, excluding the setup entered separately. It is not the machine's thermal duty-cycle rating. For multiple passes, count the travel length of every pass, not just the finished seam length.
Formula
Arc hours = feet × 12 ÷ travel speed ÷ 60. Labor hours = setup minutes ÷ 60 + arc hours ÷ (arc-on percentage ÷ 100). Direct cost = labor hours × labor rate + arc hours × consumables rate + material allowance. Cost per foot = total cost ÷ total entered weld feet.
Example
At 12 in/min, 40 feet takes 40 arc minutes. A 40% arc-on share gives 100 production minutes; add 20 setup minutes for two labor hours. At $75/h labor is $150. Consumables at $12/arc h add $8, and material adds $60. Direct cost is $218; 20% overhead adds $43.60. Total is $261.60, or $6.54 per weld foot, before profit and tax.
Tips
MIG, TIG and stick processes, position, fit-up and weld size change travel speed and arc-on share. Enter wire or electrode, gas and power in the consumables rate. Include burden in labor or overhead only once. Add inspection, grinding or post-treatment to your planning allowances when applicable; this calculator does not derive them from weld geometry.
Equipment
The financing links are for welding equipment purchases, not labor, filler or a fabrication invoice. Dengaro is an equipment-financing broker and a brand of Funding Routes LLC, not the lender. Job costs are not passed as a loan amount. Approval, rates and terms depend on a financing provider's review.
Important questions
Here they are the same page. Both estimate job cost and cost per entered foot. Neither calculates weld strength, filler deposition from joint geometry or a compliant welding procedure.
Add the length traveled on every pass. A 10-foot seam welded in three full-length passes is 30 weld feet. If pass speeds differ substantially, estimate each pass separately rather than assuming one travel speed.
No. Arc-on share is the fraction of production labor time spent welding, before separately entered setup. Machine duty cycle is a thermal operating limit. Do not substitute the nameplate duty-cycle percentage for a measured production share.
No. It is a cost estimate based on your rates and allowances, excluding profit, tax and shipping. Obtain job-specific quotes and add any missing inspection, finishing or delivery costs before setting a selling price.
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