[TheForge] Sheet vs plate

[David E. Smucker]

For steel, most listing start with plate at 3/16 inch thick, but also call 
it sheet up to 4 gauge which is about 0.224 so there is some overlap.  In 
fact you can buy coiled plate starting at 3/16 thick up to 1/2 inch thick --  
but it is called coiled plate.

In aluminum 1/8 inch is the common cut off point between sheet and plate 1/8 
and below being sheet and 1/8+ being plate. For what it is worth the cutoff 
point between sheet and foil is 0.001 inch.  0.001 and below is foil, above 
is sheet.

Dave Smucker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Kilpatrick" <crimsonkil at lycos.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 4:57 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Sheet vs plate


Hi guys,
     What is the cutoff for calling something sheet or plate, in gage or 
english measure?

-Chris K.


It is I who formed the blacksmith,
who fans the flame into a fire and
fashions a weapon fit for it's work.

-- 
_______________________________________________
Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages
http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10

_______________________________________________
Manage membership or unsubscribe at:
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
theforge mail list group photo site is
http://www.photoaccess.com
Login:  blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
password:  anvil
___________