{"id":1517,"date":"2020-03-05T10:45:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T17:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metafab.com\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:14:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T17:14:42","slug":"material-thickness-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metafab.com\/material-thickness-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Material Thickness – Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Copper, & Brass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaterialWhat are sheet metal gauges?<\/h3>\n

Gauges are used to measure the material thickness of a sheet of metal<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong>\u00a0 These units are neither standard of metric and are completely independent of those typical measurement systems.\u00a0 Keeping a gauge conversion chart nearby is an easy way to determine the actual thickness of a sheet of metal in inches or millimeters.\u00a0 \u00a0For example, a 14 gauge stainless steel is .07812 inches thick. The gauge number 14 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.<\/p>\n

It is important to know that the gauge thicknesses also vary depending on the type of sheet metal being referenced.\u00a0 Take for instance 12-gauge thickness across the material types listed below;\u00a0 stainless steel is 0.105″ thick, aluminum is 0.080″, copper is 0.108″, and brass is 0.081″.<\/p>\n

Thickness Chart<\/h3>\n

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