This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
Steel sheet gauge thickness chart.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
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.
Originally used in the.
Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a thickness of 0 1345 inches will weigh.
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.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.