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what is swg?
F*** Authority - 9/6/02 at 11:35 AM

i am going to buy some steel but i dont know what swg means. what wall thickness should the RHS and Round steel tube be?

thanks, Paul


ChrisW - 9/6/02 at 12:27 PM

Paul

16 swg is about 1.6mm wall thickness

Chris


Dick Axtell - 9/6/02 at 01:35 PM

Quote - "i am going to buy some steel but i dont know what swg means."

swg = Standard Wire Gauge. This is an old material thickness measure, which, as its name indicates, originates with the dia of the checking wire.

Dick Axtell