A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
Convert gauge to inches sheet metal.
Steel galvanized and aluminum.
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.
Is different from inches there is no conversion formula.
Gauge to mm inches converter.
Sheet metal gauge conversions.
Converting sheet metal gauge to thickness in inches.
Hence 4 gauge material is thicker than 6 gauge material.
Sheet metal gauges work opposite to what one might consider the norm.
You can find the gauge to mm inch conversion for sheet metal by the chart below.
Working with sheet metal as shown in figure 1 gauge sizes can be confusing at the best of times.
Even when the non ferrous metal plate and the steel plate are the same ga the thickness is actually different.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Most used steel sheet metals have gauge values between 30 and 7.