Steel Sheet Metal Gauge

Gauge to thickness chart.

Steel sheet metal gauge.

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. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet. Hillman 12 in x 24 in cold rolled steel expanded sheet metal.

A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material. Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system. When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.

The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material. Item 168753 model 11786. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.