How much is 20 gauge?

[Ulises Victoria]

Hello all. I am trying to get some metal sheets to use as decorations in my pens. I am confused about the "gauges" of sheet metal. Can someone explain how to measure or convert something like "20 gauge sheet metal" to milimeters? Or what those numbers represent?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Mack C.]

Hello all. I am trying to get some metal sheets to use as decorations in my pens. I am confused about the "gauges" of sheet metal. Can someone explain how to measure or convert something like "20 gauge sheet metal" to milimeters? Or what those numbers represent?
Thanks in advance.

Here's a chart which should help you! http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/sheetmetal.htmlGoogle is your friend!

 

[cwolfs69]

metal gauge thickness

depending on what material you are using 20 gauge metal will be about 1mm think. if you Google metal gauge thickness you can find many charts that will give you what you are looking for. these will vary by metal and by vendor. the best thing to do is find a metal gauge close to your needs and then measure or discuss with vendor what their particular products actually is. Here is just one of the many charts i found in about 30 seconds on google for sizes.
Gauge and Weight Chart

 

[PTsideshow]

Since the link doesn't work in the #2 post. Here are a couple
Here is one that has the non ferrous and steel sizes listed
Sheet Metal gauge sizes Notice the difference between them.

This one may be better for pen makers Now for the disclaimer, I know nothing about this company. They do have a nice chart.
:Clown:

 

[Ulises Victoria]

Aaahh Google!!!. I feel I need to apologize. I usually first ask and then Google, when I should Google in the first place.:redface:

Thank you all for your answers.

 

[KBs Pensnmore]

Hopefully this is what you are looking for;
GAUGE (ga) - THICKNESS (inches)
8 - .1644
9 - .1494
10 - .1345
11 - .1196
12 - .1046
14 - .0747
16 - .0598
18 - .0478
20 - .0359 .0320 is Aluminum
22 - .0299
24 - .0239

Regards
Kryn