Steel Sheet Gauges

Metal gauges below you ll find the info you need with our sheet steel stainless steel and aluminum sheet metal charts.

Steel sheet gauges.

Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge. The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material. Hillman 12 in x 24 in cold rolled steel expanded sheet metal. In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.

Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge. Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.

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. A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.

This is known as the manufacturers standard. The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal. Use the chart below to convert standard gauge numbers in decimals of an inch for sheet steel aluminum and stainless steel. 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.