Metalwork - 97-08-13
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Whether you are working on a model using wire for handrails or building a Mikado from scratch, there are handy charts to give the sizes of standard sheet metal thicknesses, wire diameters, and drill sizes that match; melting points for metals and solder; and temperatures useful when heating up metal. I put these here for quick reference.

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. Drill Sizes
. Jewelers Saw Sizes
. Sheet, wire, and drill size comparisons
. Melting Points
. Heat Range Colors
. Annealing Temperatures
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Some additional links that I find useful:

. Metalwork Newsgroup FAQ
. Sherline Lathes
. Fonly Lathe - A Do-It-Yourselfer
. dot Drill Sizes dot
Drill	Diameter	Drill	Diameter	Drill	Diameter
Size	(in.)	(mm)	Size 	(in.)	(mm)	Size 	(in.)	(mm)
1	0.2280	5.791	41	0.0960	2.438	81	0.0130	0.330
2	0.2210	5.613	42	0.0935	2.375	82	0.0125	0.318
3	0.2130	5.410	43	0.0890	2.261	83	0.0120	0.305
4	0.2090	5.309	44	0.0860	2.184	84	0.0115	0.292
5	0.2055	5.220	45	0.0820	2.083	85	0.0110	0.279
6	0.2040	5.182	46	0.0810	2.057	86	0.0105	0.267
7	0.2010	5.105	47	0.0785	1.994	87	0.0100	0.254
8	0.1990	5.055	48	0.0760	1.930	88	0.0095	0.241
9	0.1960	4.978	49	0.0730	1.854	89	0.0091	0.231
10	0.1935	4.915	50	0.0700	1.778	90	0.0087	0.221
11	0.1910	4.851	51	0.0670	1.702	91	0.0083	0.211
12	0.1890	4.801	52	0.0635	1.613	92	0.0079	0.201
13	0.1850	4.699	53	0.0595	1.511	93	0.0075	0.191
14	0.1820	4.623	54	0.0550	1.397	94	0.0071	0.180
15	0.1800	4.572	55	0.0520	1.321	95	0.0067	0.170
16	0.1770	4.496	56	0.0465	1.181	96	0.0063	0.160
17	0.1730	4.394	57	0.0430	1.092	97	0.0059	0.150
18	0.1695	4.305	58	0.0420	1.067
19	0.1660	4.216	59	0.0410	1.041
20	0.1610	4.089	60	0.0400	1.016
21	0.1590	4.039	61	0.0390	0.991
22	0.1570	3.988	62	0.0380	0.965
23	0.1540	3.912	63	0.0370	0.940
24	0.1520	3.861	64	0.0360	0.914
25	0.1495	3.797	65	0.0350	0.889
26	0.1470	3.734	66	0.0330	0.838
27	0.1440	3.658	67	0.0320	0.813
28	0.1405	3.569	68	0.0310	0.787
29	0.1360	3.454	69	0.0292	0.742
30	0.1285	3.264	70	0.0280	0.711
31	0.1200	3.048	71	0.0260	0.660
32	0.1160	2.946	72	0.0250	0.635
33	0.1130	2.870	73	0.0240	0.610
34	0.1110	2.819	74	0.0225	0.571
35	0.1100	2.794	75	0.0210	0.533
36	0.1065	2.705	76	0.0200	0.508
37	0.1040	2.642	77	0.0180	0.457
38	0.1015	2.578	78	0.0160	0.406
39	0.0995	2.527	79	0.0145	0.368
40	0.0980	2.489	80	0.0135	0.343
dot Jewelers Saw Sizes dot
Jewelers Saw Sizes
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Saw Blade	Thickness	 Width	Drill
   8/0		0.0063		0.0130	 80
   7/0		0.0065		0.0135	 80
   6/0		0.0070		0.0140	 79
   5/0		0.0080		0.0150	 78
   4/0		0.0085		0.0170	 77
   3/0		0.0095		0.0190	 76
   2/0		0.0103		0.0204	 75
    0		0.0110		0.0230	 73
    1		0.0115		0.0250	 71
    1.5		0.0125		0.0255	 71
    2		0.0135		0.0270	 70
    3		0.0140		0.0290	 68
    4		0.0150		0.0310	 67
    5		0.0160		0.0340	 65
    6		0.0173		0.0370	 58
    7		0.0189		0.0400	 56
    8		0.0200		0.0480	 55
   10		0.0215		0.0510	 51
   12		0.0236		0.0655	 51
   14		0.0240		0.0689	 50
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dot Metal Sheet and Wire Gauge Equivalents dot
Metal Sheet and Wire Gauge Equivalents
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Gauge		Inches		Drill
  0		0.325		21/64
  1		0.289		 L
  2		0.257		 F
  3		0.229		 1
  4		0.204		 6
  5		0.182		14
  6		0.162		20
  7		0.144		27
  8		0.128		30
  9		0.114		32
 10		0.102		38
 11		0.091		42
 12		0.081		46
 13		0.072		49
 14		0.064		52
 15		0.057		53
 16		0.051		55
 17		0.045		56
 18		0.040		60
 19		0.036		64
 20		0.032		67
 21		0.028		79
 22		0.025		72
 23		0.022		74
 24		0.020		76
 25		0.018		77
 26		0.016		78
 27		0.014		79
 28		0.012		80
 29		0.011	
 30		0.010	
 31		0.009	
 32		0.008	
 33		0.007	
 34		0.006	
 35		0.006	
 36		0.005
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dot Melting Points dot
Melting Points		Degrees F
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Aluminum		 860 to 1240
Brass			 930 to 2075
Bronze			1290 to 1890
Copper			1981
Lead			 621
Lead Alloys		 140 to  640
Nickle Silver		1832
Pewter			 392 to  440
Tin			 450
Zinc			 787

Solder Melting Points
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"Silver, Hard"		1460
"Silver, Hard#1"	1425
"Silver, Medium"	1390
"Silver, easy"		1325
Soft			 358 to  484
Aluminum		 650
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dot Heat Range Colors dot
Heat Colors			Degrees F
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Faint Red (barely visible)	 650 to  700
Dull Red (faint glow)		 700 to  900
Medium Dark Red			 900 to 1280
Bright Red			1280 to 1590
Cherry Red			1600 to 1750
Salmon-Orange			1800 to 1850
Bright Yellow			1875 to 1925
Light Yellow			1950 to 2125
White				2210 to 2300
Blinding White			2732+
dot Annealing Temperatures dot
Annealing Temperatures	Degrees F	
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Aluminum		 650	
Brass			 800 to 1300
Bronze			 800 to 1200
Copper			 700 to 1200
Nickel Silver		1000 to 1400
Silver			 900 to 1200
Stainless Steel		1200
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Rick Blanchard - rick@urbaneagle.com


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