Handy Information
Here are a few pieces of
general information that we find useful here at Ezimetal.
Maybe you will too.
Colour Codes for steel
thickness
| 1.6mm |
= |
Purple |
| 1.8mm |
= |
Brown |
| 2.0mm |
= |
Yellow |
| 2.5mm |
= |
Pink |
| 3.0mm |
= |
Blue |
| 3.5mm |
= |
Dark Blue |
| 4.0mm |
= |
Green |
| 5.0mm |
= |
Orange |
| 6.0mm |
= |
White |
| 8.0mm |
= |
Red |
| 9.0mm |
= |
Purple |
| 10mm |
= |
Yellow |
| 12mm |
= |
Pink |
| 16mm |
= |
Grey |
Gauges for sheet & wire sizes
| 26g |
= |
approx 0.4mm |
| 24g |
= |
approx 0.6mm |
| 22g |
= |
approx 0.8mm |
| 20g |
= |
approx 1.0mm |
| 18g |
= |
approx 1.2mm |
| 16g |
= |
approx 1.6mm |
| 14g |
= |
approx 1.8mm |
| 12g |
= |
approx 2.5mm |
| 10g |
= |
approx 3.0mm |
| 8g |
= |
approx 4.0mm |
Convert
Inches to Millimetres
| 1/16" | = | 1.588mm |
| 1/8” |
= |
3.175mm |
| 3/16" | = | 4.763mm |
| ¼” |
= |
6.35mm |
| 5/16" | = | 7.938mm |
| 3/8” |
= |
9.525mm |
| 7/16" | = | 11.113mm |
| ½” |
= |
12.7mm |
| 9/16" | = | 14.288mm |
| 5/8” |
= |
15.875mm |
| 11/16" | = | 17.463mm |
| ¾” |
= |
19.05mm |
| 13/16" | = | 20.638mm |
| 7/8” |
= |
22.23mm |
| 15/16" | = | 23.813mm |
| 1” |
= |
25.4mm |
| 1 1/8” |
= |
28.575mm |
| 1 ¼” |
= |
31.75mm |
| 1 3/8” |
= |
34.925mm |
| 1 ½” |
= |
38.1mm |
| 2” |
= |
50.8mm |
| 2 ½” |
= |
63.5mm |
| 3” |
= |
76.2mm |
| 3 ½” |
= |
88.9mm |
| 4” |
= |
101.6mm |
| 4 ½” |
= |
114.3mm |
| 5” |
= |
127mm |
| 6” |
= |
152.4mm |
| 7” |
= |
177.8mm |
| 8” |
= |
203.2mm |
| 9” |
= |
228.6mm |
| 10” |
= |
254mm |
| 11” |
= |
279.4mm |
| 12” |
= |
304.8mm |
Convert
Feet to Millimetres
| 1 foot |
= |
305mm |
| 2 feet |
= |
610mm |
| 3 feet |
= |
915mm |
| 4 feet |
= |
1220mm |
| 5 feet |
= |
1525mm |
| 6 feet |
= |
1830mm |
| 7 feet |
= |
2135mm |
| 8 feet |
= |
2440mm |
| 9 feet |
= |
2745mm |
| 10 feet |
= |
3050mm |
| 11 feet |
= |
3355mm |
| 12 feet |
= |
3660mm |
| 13 feet |
= |
3965mm |
| 14 feet |
= |
4270mm |
| 15 feet |
= |
4575mm |
| 16 feet |
= |
4880mm |
| 17 feet |
= |
5185mm |
| 18 feet |
= |
5490mm |
| 19 feet |
= |
5795mm |
| 20 feet |
= |
6100mm |