A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
1 8 sheet steel guage to inch.
Gauge to inch gauge to mm list for stainless steel sheet.
The smaller the number the thicker the material.
Hence 4 gauge material is thicker than 6 gauge material.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Sheet metal gauges work opposite to what one might consider the norm.
Converting sheet metal gauge to thickness in inches.
Our standard sizes are 0 8mm.
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.
0 0394 inch 20 gauge.
1 2893 7 3 2812 7 1 2 2576 6 5 2656 6 7 3 2391 6 1 2294 5 8 2500 6 4 4 2242 5 7.