Gauge -Thickness |
Dimension inches thick |
Dimension millimeters
thick |
NOTES
|
2
|
-
.258 inch or
-
slightly over 1/4
inch thick
|
6.54 mm
|
VERY HEAVY THICK WIRE .For large sculptures & armatures- cuts best
with a bolt cutter or saw. |
4
|
-
-
.204 inch
|
5.189 mm
|
THICK WIRE .For
large sculptures & armatures- cuts best with a bolt cutter
or saw. |
6
|
-
.162 inch
|
4.1mm
|
THICK WIRE
.For large sculptures
& armatures- cuts best with a bolt cutter or saw. |
8
-
|
.128 a little over 1/8 inch
|
3.26 mm
|
|
9
-
|
.114 inch
|
2.91 mm
|
|
10
|
-
.102
inch
|
2.6 mm
|
|
12
|
-
-
.081 inch
50
|
2 mm thick
|
About as thick as a standard wire coat hanger |
14
|
.064 inch
a bit thicker than
1/16 inch
|
-
1.6
mm
|
This and thicker is Considered PLATE METAL in sheet
metal. as in "copper plate" |
16
-
|
.051 inch
|
1.30 mm
|
|
18
|
.04 inch
|
1
mm
|
A
bit thicker than a standard paper clip in wire. Heavy PLATE METAL
in sheet metal. as in "copper plate" |
20
|
-
.032 inch
|
.80mm
|
About the thickness of a standard
paper clip. |
22
|
. 025
|
.65mm
|
|
23
Photo shows Approximate
thickness: 23 gauge
|
.023
or 23 Mil
|
.576 mm
|
Standard heavy
weight Sheet metal for larger craft work, roofing and range hoods
etc. In copper sheet
it is 1 pound per square foot approximately.
For sheet metal it cuts
with a tin snips or saw
|
24
-
|
.020
or 20 Mil
|
.5 mm -half a millimeter
|
Heavy weight
Sheet metal.
For sheet metal it cuts
with a tin snips or saw
A medium fine
wire for craft.
|
26
|
.016
|
.40 mm
|
|
30
-
|
-
.010 also known as 10
mil
-
as
it is 10/1000
-
inch
thick
|
.25
mm 1/4 mm
|
Medium weight sheet - cuts with a scissors. twice as thick as 36
gauge below, But a very thin wire- not very strong |
36
|
-
.005 also known as 5
mil
-
as
it is 5/1000 inch thick
|
.125
mm 1/8 mm
|
Heavy FOIL: Standard Embossing &
tooling & foil. Cuts with a scissors.
7 times thicker
than household aluminum foil.
|
38
|
.004
|
.101
mm
|
Medium weight foil slightly lighter than above
Extremely
thin wire
|
45-50
|
.0014
.0007
|
|
thin
foil- Household"tin" Aluminum foil- called
very
thin foil - standard
aluminum kitchen foil "tin foil" |