Brass Sheet Metal Gauge Thickness Chart

As with steel as the gauge gets higher the thickness gets lower.

Brass sheet metal gauge thickness chart.

Stainless steel is 0 105 thick aluminum is 0 080 copper is 0 108 and brass is 0 081. It s based on the american or brown and sharpe wire gauge standard. In an earlier article we took a look at the standard gauges for steel sheet. It is important to know that the gauge thicknesses also vary depending on the type of sheet metal being referenced.

Yellow brass sheet left has a light bright gold color. Gauge when applied to copper brass or silver means a different set of thicknesses however. 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. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. It is the same alloy as our jewelers bronze wire. Unlike with steel i can t find a set. Brass sheet for craft jewelry these are special alloys of copper zinc made to resemble gold more about this in sheet metal jeweler s bronze sheet right has deep gold color is also known as 230 brass and is 85 copper.