[Sca-cooks] copper bowls (was whipping egg whites)

[Stefan li Rous]

Adamantius said:
> "Decker, Terry D." wrote:
> > Copper sheet 22GA. (20 oz)  12 in. x 12 in.  $16, 24 in. x 24 in. $56.36.
> > (this would be about 1/4 in. thick)
> >
> > Bear
>
> Is this a different gauging system than is used for steel? If not, 22
> gauge isn't even close to 1/4 inch thick; more like 1/6 of that. Or, to
> put it another way, your typical stainless steel mixing bowl might be 22
> gauge, a heavy one might be 18 gauge, but that's nothing like 1/4 inch thick.

I thought copper was guaged differently than steel. However, if not, then
here is some info from my metalworking-msg file which would apply to
copper sheet:
> c at tmsoft.UUCP (Leigh Clayton) writes:
> >  I have heard many places that US and Canadian guages are different, but
> > so far neither the postings here nor anyone else has managed to convey
> > the difference to me. Can someone clear this up? Is it just that the
> > Queen has wider/narrower thumbs than the president?
>
> well, on the southern side of the border, for "sheet & plate, Iron and
> Steel"
>
>         GA              Decimal INches
>         20              .0375
>         18              .050
>         17              .056
>         16              .0625
>         15              .070
>         14              .078
>         15              .0937
>         12              .109
>         11              .125
>         10              .140
>
>         This information is right off of my sheet gage, which runs from
> qa size of 0 (.3125") to 36 (.007")
>
> R.J. Klessig  Hayward Ca..........Ch'ndra P'nthi Esfenn Mists West.

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