Plan black iron pipe shelves, then get the cut list.
pipekits is a free planner for furniture made from ½" black iron pipe and wood: wall shelves, brackets, clothing racks, lamps. Build it piece by piece in 3D, see it against your wall at real size, and get a list of every fitting, pipe length and board to buy.
Free. No account. Your designs stay in your browser.
How it works
- Add parts. Start with a floor flange and thread on pipe lengths and fittings (tees, elbows, crosses, unions) one at a time, the way you'd build it for real.
- Arrange it. Put it against a wall or into a corner, add shelf boards, and set props like a TV, books or a person beside it for scale. The Ruler measures between any two things.
- Get the list. The parts and cut list keeps up as you go. Print it with a picture of the design, or share a link to it.
Examples
Each one opens in the planner, ready to change. Nothing is saved until you do.
What the parts list gives you
- Fittings by type and count: tees, elbows, flanges, couplings, unions.
- Pipe as cut-and-thread lengths, with the thread engagement already allowed for, so the lengths are what you order.
- Lumber by size and cut length.
- Lamp and caster hardware when a design has them: the bushing, lamp nipple and socket a light needs, with notes on wiring it safely.
- A note on fixing to studs or rated anchors when part of a design hangs from the wall.
What it doesn't do
- It's ½" black iron pipe only, in standard fittings.
- It plans one wall or one corner, not a whole room.
- It doesn't show prices or sell parts. Take the list to a hardware store, or a shop that cuts and threads pipe to length.
- It doesn't check strength. Pipe is strong; walls, anchors and long unsupported shelves are where things fail.
Your designs
Everything stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, there's no account, and there's no tracking. Because of that, your designs live in the one browser you made them in. To keep them safe or move them, use Download all designs in My Designs, and open the file anywhere. Safari clears a site's saved data after 7 days without a visit, so on a Mac, iPhone or iPad it's worth downloading now and then.
Recent changes
- October 2026
- A ruler for the distance between any two things, walls and floor included.
- Download or open all your designs as one file.
- Split a pipe with a tee, cross, coupling or union to add a branch partway along.
- Lamp hardware and wiring notes in the parts list, and a one-page printed list in two columns.