Sheet Metal Gauge Dimensions

10 gauge 3 51 mm stainless steel.
Sheet metal gauge dimensions. 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. 10 gauge 2 588 mm. The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material. Gauge us standard gauge sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum.
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. Sheet metal knowledge menu sheet metal manufacturing and services. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. Standard sheet metal gauges.
The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements. 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.