Brass Sheet Metal Gauge Thickness

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

Brass sheet metal gauge thickness.

Thus a 10. A sheet metal gauge gage is an indication of the standard thickness of specific metal materials such as steel aluminum and copper. The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal not applicable for zinc. Unlike with steel i can t find a set.

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel. It s based on the american or brown and sharpe wire gauge standard.

There are also gauge numbers like 000000 and 0 for aluminum and stainless steel the metal thickness of 000000 gauge is larger than 0. Wire conductor sizes are also measured in gauge and are equivalent to the non ferrous thicknesses listed below but we have an article specific to wire gauge. For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.

In an earlier article we took a look at the standard gauges for steel sheet. Stainless steel is 0 105 thick aluminum is 0 080 copper is 0 108 and brass is 0 081. The table below provides conversion to inches. It is important to know that the gauge thicknesses also vary depending on the type of sheet metal being referenced.

As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.