Steel Sheet Gauge Table

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

Steel sheet gauge table. Hillman 12 in x 24 in cold rolled steel expanded sheet metal. Wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area. Use the chart below to convert standard gauge numbers in decimals of an inch for sheet steel aluminum and stainless steel. The gauge number 18.

The manufacturers standard gage provides the thicknesses for standard steel galvanized steel and stainless steel. 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. A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.

Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems. For full table with stainless steel aluminum strip and tubing rotate the screen. Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system. 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.

Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing. Below you ll find the info you need with our sheet steel stainless steel and aluminum sheet metal charts. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. Item 168753 model 11786.

Originally used in the fields of medicine and jewellery the larger the. 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.