Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
Gauge sheet metal in mm.
When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
0 1345 3 42 0 1405 3 57 0 1285 3 26 11.
For a more comprehensive gauge chart you can check out our sheet metal gauge chart here.
The story of gauge.
A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.
Typically the even number gauges are used more frequently.
Corresponds to the standard steel thickness of 0 0329 inches 0 84mm.
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.
Click here for a gauge to mm conversion chart.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
Processing may include polishing or the applying of protective plastics which will decrease or increase a sheet s thickness respectively.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Sheet metal thickness is denoted by gauge sometimes spelled gage which indicates a standard thickness before processing.
This chart covers the common and uncommon sheet metal sizes for steel aluminum and galvanized steel.
Gauge to thickness chart.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Gauge nominal in mm max in mm min in mm 10.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
The corresponding galvanized steel thickness is 0 0366 inches 0 93mm and the corresponding aluminum thickness is 0 028 inches 0 71mm.
This is known as the manufacturers standard.
0 1196 3 04 0 1256 3 19.
Converting sheet metal gauge numbers to millimeters is as simple as following the chart below.
Steel sheet metal tolerances.
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 29 0 0141 0 36 0 0172 0 44 0 0135 0 34 0 0113 0 29 28 1 64 0 0156 0 41 0 0187 0 47 0 0149 0 38 0 0126 0 32 27 0 0172 0 43 0 0202 0 51 0 0164 0 42 0 0142 0 36 26 0 0187 0 48 0 0217 0 55 0 0179 0 45 0 0159 40 25 0 0219 0 56 0 0247 0 63 0 0209 0 53 0 0179 0 46 24 0.