This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
Heavy gauge sheet metal.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
Thicknesses can vary significantly.
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 is metal formed by an industrial process into thin flat pieces.
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.
The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
It is easy to work with and very attractive in the home.
Mill aluminum union jack style perforated sheet metal offers a decorative way to complete your hvac door window hobby and cabinet projects.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
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.
The sheet features a union jack style perforated design.
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Sheet metal is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking and it can be cut and bent into a variety of shapes countless everyday objects are fabricated from sheet metal.