Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
Stainless sheet metal thickness chart.
Take for instance 12 gauge thickness across the material types listed below.
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.
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Stainless steel is 0 105 thick aluminum is 0 080 copper is 0 108 and brass is 0 081.
Sheet metal gauge thickness chart 2019 10 24t01 36 33 00 00 when working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.