The manufacturers standard gauge for sheet steel is based on an average weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch thick.
10 gauge steel thickness.
The values differ because gauge is a measurement of weight not thickness.
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.
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.
Originally used in the.
Thus a 10.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
For example a sheet of galvanized steel with a gauge thickness of 10 is 0 1382 inch whereas 10 gauge standard steel measures 0 1345 inch and stainless steel measures 0 0120 inch.
Approximate thickness in millimeters.
When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.
Sheet metal gauge thickness chart 2019 10 24t01 36 33 00 00.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Approximate thickness in fractions of an inch.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
Since ferrous and non ferrous metals of the same gauge have different thicknesses different metal gauge tools are used to measure ferrous and non ferrous metals.
Approximate thickness in decimal parts of an inch.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.
Ten gauge galvanized steel is 0 1382 inch thick and 10 gauge stainless steel is 0 1406 inch thick.
This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.