About Spanpaper X-Leg Calculator

X-Leg Calculator

This tool helps you to calculate the angles and measurements for table X-legs when you have the wanted height and width of the X-Legs. You can keep the unit of measurement in metric or use one of your favorite imperial units.

Best to be viewed on a PC / Laptop / Tablet, drawing might be a little cluttered on mobile.

What this tool calculates

Enter the overall width and height of the finished X-leg plus the thickness of each bar, and the calculator works out everything you need to cut a matching pair of bars. You get the total bar length, the angle each bar sits at relative to the floor, the saw miter angle to set on your mitre saw, the crossing angle where the two bars meet in the middle, and the length of the half-lap notch at the crossing so the bars sit flush against each other.

Inputs and outputs both work in either millimeters or imperial units (inches, feet).