Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
													
																	Car sheet metal 20 gauge. 
									
	
		
	
																	20ga is bit tough to crease well with a crappy bender but if you have a decent press brake it should bend nicely. 
																	A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. 
																	In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge. 
																	This is not a fancy finish sheet but perfect for patches or fabricating brackets or boxes. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	This sheet metal was delivered in great condition. 
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																	For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. 
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																	20 gauge became common in more recent times and this meant 0 0359 inch thick metal still a lot to work with in bumping and metal finishing. 
																	Automotive sheet metal once ran in the range of 18 gauge which was 48 thousandths of an inch thick actually 0 0478 inch.