A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
How thick is 20 gauge sheet metal.
This is known as the manufacturers standard.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
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.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
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.
Sheet metal gauge thickness chart 2019 10 24t01 36 33 00 00 when working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.