sheet metal guage thicknesses converted to metric mm for punchings, folding, fly pressing and fabricating

 METRIC CONVERSION TABLES.  
Sheet Metal Gauge.

Also information on Imperial/Metric Conversion Tables ;
SI Unit Descriptions ; SI Derived Units - in terms of SI Base Units
and the SI Prefixes (giga- , etc.).


SHEET METAL THICKNESS

Imperial Gauge 

Imperial in mm

Metric Sheet mm 

10  3.25 3.0 
12  2.64 2.5 
14  2.03 2.0 
16  1.63 1.5 
18  1.22 1.2 
20  0.91 0.9
22  0.71 0.7
24 0.56 0.6
26 0.46 0.5
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We have tried to be accurate with the above table but cannot be held responsible for in-accuracies.
Go back to first principals and double check your calculations if the result is 'mission critical'.
Even the brilliant brains at NASA have made a conversion error or two !

The scientific notation used in the factors column helps to reduce long numbers to a manageable width. E+01 means moving the decimal point one space to the right so 1.00E+01 is shorthand for 10, then 1.33E+00 stays at 1.33 and 1.33E-01 becomes 0.133. The format tends to be used when the figure gets longer so E+09 or E-09 cuts out a lot of noughts.

Example:-
Task: How many sq.rods in 10 acres.
From the tables: 1 acre = 160 sq.rods, so
10 acres x 160 = 1600 sq.rods
When you want to reverse the conversion,
divide by the factor viz.
1600 sq.rods/160 = 10 acres

Remember that you cannot create energy only convert it. Likewise, you will not find a conversion from pounds to metres - the basic units must remain the same - mass converted to mass, length converted to length, et al.

You won't usually find a conversion from kilograms to grams - the prefix 'kilo' means '1,000' so a kilogram is in fact 1,000 grams in the same way as a kilometer is 1,000 metres [or about 1,000 yards in 'old money']. I have put a few in the table because visitors have asked for them. More prefixes can be found on another table.

One handy metric link between units to remember is that 1 Litre [1000cc] of pure water weighs 1 kilogram.

If accuracy is critical beware of old versions of MS Excel which had problems rounding off numbers.

Metrication is a great help but has also created anomalies; I have seen pressure gauges changed from a commonly used psi to kg/cm.sq., bar, pascal, kPa and atmos but will no doubt move to a popular metric standard in a few decades.

More information on the SI System (Le Système International d'Unités) base units and definitions.