Wire And Sheet Metal Size Gauges

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U.S. Standard Iron and Steel
Gauge

American Wire Gauge

U.S. Steel Wire Gauge

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	System of Measurement System of Measurement

Inch

	For Sheet Thickness For Sheet Thickness

	For Use On For Use On

	For Wire Diameter For Wire Diameter

	Material Material

Steel

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Wire and Sheet Metal Size Identifiers

Read gauge numbers on one side of these identifiers and their decimal equivalents on the other.

American wire gauge identifier shows the same markings as Brown & Sharpe gauges.

U.S. steel wire gauge identifier shows the same markings as Washburn & Moen and American Steel and Wire Co. gauges.

Steel
For Gauge Type	For Use On	For Gauge	For Wire Dia./Sheet Thick.	Dia.		Each
U.S. Standard Iron and Steel Gauge	Iron, Steel	36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0	0.007", 0.0078", 0.0085", 0.0093", 0.01", 0.0109", 0.0125", 0.014", 0.0156", 0.017", 0.0187", 0.0218", 0.025", 0.028", 0.0312", 0.0343", 0.0375", 0.0437", 0.05", 0.056", 0.0625", 0.07", 0.078", 0.0937", 0.109", 0.125", 0.14", 0.156", 0.172", 0.1875", 0.203", 0.2187", 0.234", 0.25", 0.263", 0.281", 0.3125"	3 1/4"	0000000	000000
American Wire Gauge	Aluminum, Brass, Copper	36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0	0.005", 0.0056", 0.0063", 0.007", 0.008", 0.009", 0.01", 0.011", 0.012", 0.014", 0.016", 0.018", 0.02", 0.022", 0.025", 0.028", 0.032", 0.036", 0.04", 0.045", 0.051", 0.057", 0.064", 0.072", 0.081", 0.091", 0.102", 0.114", 0.128", 0.144", 0.162", 0.182", 0.204", 0.229", 0.257", 0.289", 0.325"	3 1/4"	00000000	00000
U.S. Steel Wire Gauge	Steel	36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0	0.007", 0.0076", 0.0086", 0.0093", 0.0101", 0.0109", 0.0125", 0.014", 0.0156", 0.0172", 0.0187", 0.0218", 0.025", 0.0281", 0.0312", 0.0348", 0.0375", 0.0437", 0.05", 0.0562", 0.0625", 0.0703", 0.0781", 0.0937", 0.1093", 0.126", 0.1406", 0.1562", 0.1718", 0.1875", 0.2031", 0.2187", 0.2343", 0.25", 0.2656", 0.2812", 0.3125"	3 1/4"	00000000	00000