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18 swg means thk

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15y ago
Updated: 4/28/2022

18 swg translated number 18 Standard Wire gauge. This is from a set of standards developed to control the thickness of wire that was used for nails. The range covers 57 sizes from the largest know as 7/0 at 0.5" (12.7mm) then through 6/9, 5/0,4/0,3/0, 2/0.1/0 and 0 and then from 1down to 50 which is the smallest "0.001 (appx 0.025mm) the differences from one size to another are a 20% difference in weight per unit length of the wire which is about 10.5% on diameter. The Standard Wire Gauge was adopted as a standard in UK in the late 19th century and was also used to define the thickness of sheet metal.

So 18 swg means thk? 18 standard wire gauge = 1.219mm thick

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