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In most of the world, sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters. In the U.S., the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional, non-linear measure known as its gauge. The larger the gauge number, the thinner the metal. Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
The Birmingham gauge ranges from 5/0 or 00000, the lowest gauge number corresponding to the largest size of 0.500 inches (12.7 mm), to 36, the highest gauge number corresponding to the smallest size of 0.004 inches (0.10 mm).
In tinner's snips this means the handles are extra long. The compound-action bulldog-pattern, also known as a notch snips, has the ability to cut up to 16 gauge cold rolled sheet metal or multiple layers of sheet metal up to 0.062 in (1.6 mm) thick. Some snips have replaceable blades for when the blade becomes worn out.
Sheet metal gauge, thickness of metal in sheet form; Film gauge, a physical property of film stock which defines its size; The size of objects used in stretching (body piercing), especially earrings; Gauge block, a metal or ceramic block of precisely known dimension, used in measuring
There are several errors in the thickness and tolerance charts. e.g. the nominal thickness for stainless steel 16ga sheet should be .0625". The thickness ranges is the tolerance chart do not line up properly with the gauge column and the values are not in agreement with the thickness chart.
When sheet metal is bent, it stretches in length. The bend deduction is the amount the sheet metal will stretch when bent as measured from the outside edges of the bend. The bend radius refers to the inside radius. The formed bend radius is dependent upon the dies used, the material properties, and the material thickness.
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