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GAUGE , is one inch thick of steel or metal.

So, take this one inch thick of steel sheet and cut it into 12 equal thickness sheets , you get a 12 gauge steel sheet.

Similarly, take this one inch thick of steel sheet and cut it into 14 equal thickness sheets , you get a 14 gauge steel sheet. and so on .

So, a 12 gauge steel sheet is thicker than 14 gauge , 14 is thicker than 16 , 16 is thicker than 18 and so on.

Wrong!!! See my discussion on this...

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13y ago

14 gauge steel is thicker than 16 gauge steel: 0.0781 inches vs. 0.0625 inches.

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Nope. 14 gauge is thicker (about 1.98 mm) while 16 gauge is about 1.59 mm thick.

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If it's the same alloy it is--25 gauge steel is thicker.

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13y ago

no, in metal, as the gauge goes down, the thickness, ergo the strength, goes up. so 10 gauge steel would be stronger than 14 gauge

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