×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

"GAUGE OF METAL THICKNESS"

"GAUGE OF METAL THICKNESS"

"GAUGE OF METAL THICKNESS"

(OP)
Historically where and how was the term "gauge" derived and what does it really mean in terms of metal thickness?

RE: "GAUGE OF METAL THICKNESS"

Yous are probably refering to sheet or wire gauge numbers. I believe the term originated by saying how many thicknesses of say a particualr sheet would go into one inch. Thus higher gauge number mean thinner material. The same is true for sieve size and also sandpaper particle sizes.

Anthony

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources