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Helpful tip for metalsmiths from Get Your Bone on etsy

Jan
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So how does one figure easily how thick a particular gauge sheet is?

getyourbone says:
For future reference, I believe you can take the gauge in question and add 6 to it to get the “half” amount and subtract 6 to get the “double” amount

example:

14 gauge is .064

14 + 6 = 20 so 20 gauge is half as thick as 14 gauge

14 – 6 = 8 so 8 gauge is twice as thick as 14 gauge

Brilliant.

:-)


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One Response to “Helpful tip for metalsmiths from Get Your Bone on etsy”

  1. Julie says:

    This is brilliant! Thanks for sharing!

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