When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
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Sheet metal gauge size chart gauge or gage sizes are numbers that indicate the thickness of a piece of sheet metal with a higher number referring to a thinner sheet.
The following sheet metal gauge size reference chart gives the weight and thickness of sheet metal given as a gauge sometimes spelled gage and indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal and wire for most materials as the gauge number increases the material thickness.
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Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.
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Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
Below is a chart of sheet metal gauge to mm inch including standard steel aluminum and galvanized steel.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Use the chart below to convert standard gauge numbers in decimals of an inch for sheet steel aluminum and stainless steel.
This is called the steel plate manufacturer s standard gauge.
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26 gauge 24 gauge 20 gauge 18 gauge 16 gauge 14 gauge 1 8 and 1 4.
Gauge to thickness chart gauge stainless galvanized sheet steel aluminum fraction inches mm inches mm inches mm inches mm 30 0 0125 0 33 0 0157 0 40 0 0120 0 30 0 0100 0 25.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
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Metal gauge thickness conversion chart.