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Subject Author Date Understanding Gauges jp2express 05-28-2007  Re: Understanding Gauges jp2express 05-28-2007  Re: Understanding Gauges amdx 05-28-2007  Re: Understanding Gauges RoyJ 05-28-2007  Re: Understanding Gauges Leo Lichtman 05-28-2007  Re: Understanding Gauges jp2express 05-29-2007  Re: Understanding Gauges RoyJ 05-29-2007  Re: Understanding Gauges Here are the plate thic... Martin H. Eastb... 05-28-2007  Re: Understanding Gauges David Billingto... 05-28-2007  Re: Understanding Gauges Tim Wescott 05-28-2007  Re: Understanding Gauges Martin H. Eastb... 05-29-2007
Posted by jp2express on May 28, 2007, 4:50 pm Please log in for more thread options How do I interpret something's gauge thickness? I want to know what my supplier is talking about on the phone whenever he blurts out a gauge thickness to me. Is 16-gauge the same as 1/16-inch thick? Is 12-gauge the same as 1/12-inch thick? Is this all there is to it, the denominator of a fractional thickness where the numerator is unitary? Thanks for the clarification. ~JP Posted by jp2express on May 28, 2007, 5:05 pm Please log in for more thread options I kept researching, and answered my own question. Wikipedia says: "Note that for gauges 5 through about 14, the wire gauge is effectively the number of bare solid wires that, when placed side by side, span 1 inch. That is, 8 gauge is about 1/8 inches in diameter." source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge "jp2express" wrote... > How do I interpret something's gauge thickness? > > I want to know what my supplier is talking about on the phone whenever he > blurts out a gauge thickness to me. > > Is 16-gauge the same as 1/16-inch thick? > Is 12-gauge the same as 1/12-inch thick? > > Is this all there is to it, the denominator of a fractional thickness > where the numerator is unitary? > > Thanks for the clarification. > ~JP > Posted by amdx on May 28, 2007, 6:15 pm Please log in for more thread options > "jp2express" wrote... >> How do I interpret something's gauge thickness? >> >> I want to know what my supplier is talking about on the phone whenever he >> blurts out a gauge thickness to me. >> >> Is 16-gauge the same as 1/16-inch thick? >> Is 12-gauge the same as 1/12-inch thick? >> >> Is this all there is to it, the denominator of a fractional thickness >> where the numerator is unitary? >> >> Thanks for the clarification. >> ~JP >> > Here are a couple of sites with info. http://www.engineersedge.com/gauge.htm http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/sheetmetal.html Mike Posted by RoyJ on May 28, 2007, 7:43 pm Please log in for more thread options And another site to really confuse the issue!! http://yarchive.net/metal/sheet_metal_gauge.html amdx wrote: >>"jp2express" wrote... >> >>>How do I interpret something's gauge thickness? >>> >>>I want to know what my supplier is talking about on the phone whenever he >>>blurts out a gauge thickness to me. >>> >>>Is 16-gauge the same as 1/16-inch thick? >>>Is 12-gauge the same as 1/12-inch thick? >>> >>>Is this all there is to it, the denominator of a fractional thickness >>>where the numerator is unitary? >>> >>>Thanks for the clarification. >>>~JP >>> >> > Here are a couple of sites with info. > > http://www.engineersedge.com/gauge.htm > http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/sheetmetal.html > > Mike > > Posted by Leo Lichtman on May 28, 2007, 6:16 pm Please log in for more thread options "jp2express" wrote:Wikipedia says: > "Note that for gauges 5 through about 14, the wire gauge is effectively > the number of bare solid wires that, when placed side by side, span 1 > inch. That is, 8 gauge is about 1/8 inches in diameter." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I Googled it and got this reference: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/sheetmetal.html ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Wikepedia rule may be correct for wires, but it does not agree with the charts for sheet metal. If fact the charts have a different column for galvanized, aluminum and sheet steel. I think you need to do some more checking. I seem to recall that a number of years ago the auto manufacturers redesignated their gauge standards, so they could go to thinner metal without telling us. > > Similar Threads Posted gauges April 24, 2008, 7:03 pm