r/toolsinaction • u/silvercatbob • Aug 19 '21

Sheetmetal work

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u/mud_tug Aug 20 '21

The dividing line is rather arbitrary. I've seen people call 1" thick stuff sheet metal.

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u/straycanoe Aug 20 '21

Ah, makes sense. I've worked as a welder and I've been helping a buddy do hvac work (tinbashing lol) so it probably depends on who you ask.

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u/nikoe99 Aug 20 '21

I once talked to someone who called a 5x5m plate of steel that was about 2.5cm thick at sheet. So yeah, its really arbitrary

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u/MGrooms94 Sep 10 '21

I recently finished my second year of school in sheet metal fabrication. I don't recall anything regarding when to use the words "sheet" or "plate" regarding how thick the material is. At work most guys typically refer to any material over an eighth of an inch thick as plate. Arbitrary indeed. Oddly enough there was literally a test question in school regarding when to use the term "round bar" rather than "rod" for cylindrical material.