2B.1a Gauges And Equivalents
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This article is from the Piercing FAQ, by Anne Greenblatt with numerous contributions by others.
2B.1a Gauges And Equivalents
Most jewelry manufactured in the US is gauged according to the Brown &
Sharpe system. Most jewelry from the UK and Europe is manufactured by
metric gauge.
A visual representation of gauges and diameters is available at
http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/psych/stevensonwc/bodyart/gauge.html
Brown and Sharpe Gauges (used by most American manufacturers)
-------------------------- gauge inches millimeters --------------------------- 20 0.032 0.812 18 0.040 1.024 16 0.051 1.291 14 0.064 1.628 12 0.081 2.053 10 0.102 2.588 8 0.128 3.264 6 0.162 4.115 4 0.204 5.189 2 0.258 6.544 0 0.325 8.251 00 0.365 9.266
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