Most used steel sheet metals have gauge values between 30 and 7.
Converting sheet metal gauge to inches.
In this conversion calculator you can convert gauge to inches and millimeters from the known gauge number.
The thickness of sheet metals is specified by gauge.
Even when the non ferrous metal plate and the steel plate are the same ga the thickness is actually different.
The story of gauge.
Working with sheet metal as shown in figure 1 gauge sizes can be confusing at the best of times.
Gauge number select 00000 5 0 0000 4 0 000 3 0 00 2 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35.
The table below shows the actual thickness of sheet steel in millimetres and inches compared to gauge size.
Converting sheet metal gauge to thickness in inches.
These dimensions vary slightly between different materials such as stainless steel and aluminium but should be accurate enough for most everyday purposes.
Metal gauges below you ll find the info you need with our sheet steel stainless steel and aluminum sheet metal charts.
The smaller the number the thicker the material.
The corresponding galvanized steel thickness is 0 0366 inches 0 93mm and the corresponding aluminum thickness is 0 028 inches 0 71mm.
Corresponds to the standard steel thickness of 0 0329 inches 0 84mm.
Is different from inches there is no conversion formula.
The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
You can find the gauge to mm inch conversion for sheet metal by the chart below.
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 29 0 0141 0 36 0 0172 0 44 0 0135 0 34 0 0113 0 29 28 1 64 0 0156 0 41 0 0187 0 47 0 0149 0 38 0 0126 0 32.
Sheet metal gauge to mm.
Hence 4 gauge material is thicker than 6 gauge material.