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" |