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Steel sheet thickness.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
Number of gauge approximate thickness in fractions of an inch.
Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.