Sheet metal is one of the shapes and forms metal can be bought in.
Common stainless steel sheet thickness.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Thickness is measured along the longitudinal edges of the plate at least 3 8inches but not more than 3 inches from the edge.
Foils sheets and plates are pretty much the same with the only difference being in thickness.
Millimetres mils gauge.
304 stainless steel has a high resistance to corrosion and lends itself to many types of fabrication making it one of the most widely used forms of stainless steel used today.
The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
Sheet metal is any metal that has a thickness in between 0 5 6 millimetres.
Inches mm inches mm 26.
1300 thru 2100.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
For plates up to 10 inches excl in thickness the tolerance under the specified thickness is 0 010.
1000 thru 1300.