When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
Thickness of 20 ga sheet metal.
0 7 mm 0 8mm and 1 5 mm.
This is known as the manufacturers standard.
A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.
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.
Approximate thickness in fractions of an inch.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.
Approximate thickness in decimal parts of an inch.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
Kynar aluminum for metal roofing.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
For the purpose of securing uniformity the following is established as the only standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel in the united states of america namely.
K s percision metals 16407 brass sheet metal rack 0 032 thickness x 6 width x 12 length 20 gauge 3 pc made in usa 3 0 out of 5 stars 8 misc.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
0 027 or 0 032 for seamless gutters and any other thickness for custom gutters.
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.
In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
26 gauge 24 gauge 20 gauge 18 gauge 16 gauge 14 gauge 1 8 and 1 4.