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Steel Thickness Chart

The charts that follow illustrates the +/- tolerance variation for galvanized, hot-rolled, and cold-rolled steel. The tolerance variation is directly related to and dependent on the specified width and thickness of the material to be roll formed.

• Galvanized steel
• Hot-rolled steel
• Cold-rolled steel

Specified Width, Inches		Thickness tolerance, inch over only. No tolerance under specified minimum thickness
		over .179 thru .230	over .097 thru .179	over .082 thru .097	over .071 thru .082
---	thru 20	.016	.016	.014	.014
over 20	thru 32	.018	.016	.014	.014
over 32	thru 40	.018	.018	.016	.014
over 40	thru 48	.020	.020	.016	.014
over 48	thru 60	---	.020	.016	.014
over 60	thru 72	---	.022	.018	.016
over 72	---	---	.024	.018	.016

Related metal tips

• Gauge reference chart for uncoated steel
• Gauge in decimals of an inch
• Fraction/decimal/millimeter chart
• Metric conversion charts

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