A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
Galvanized sheet metal thickness chart.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
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.
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Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.