Brass Sheet Metal Gauge Thickness Chart

Take for instance 12 gauge thickness across the material types listed below.

Brass sheet metal gauge thickness chart.

Unlike with steel i can t find a set. It s based on the american or brown and sharpe wire gauge standard. As with steel as the gauge gets higher the thickness gets lower. 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.

In an earlier article we took a look at the standard gauges for steel sheet. It is the same alloy as our jewelers bronze wire. It is important to know that the gauge thicknesses also vary depending on the type of sheet metal being referenced. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. 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. Stainless steel is 0 105 thick aluminum is 0 080 copper is 0 108 and brass is 0 081. The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.