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Steel sheet gauge table.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
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When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
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 decreases.
Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems.
Use the chart below to convert standard gauge numbers in decimals of an inch for sheet steel aluminum and stainless steel.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
The gauge number 18.
The manufacturers standard gage provides the thicknesses for standard steel galvanized steel and stainless steel.
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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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.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
Below you ll find the info you need with our sheet steel stainless steel and aluminum sheet metal charts.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.
A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.
Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing.