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Usual Gauges
| AWG | American Wire Gauge | Similar to Brown and Sharp. Gauges used mainly for non-ferrous sheet, rod, wire and tubing |
| B&S | Brown & Sharp | Similar to AWG |
| BWG | Birmingham Wire Gauge | Similar to Stubs' Iron Wire Gauge (1). These gauges are mainly used for strips, bonds, hoops, wire and tubing. |
| BG | Birmingham Gauge 1884 | |
| SWG | Standard Wire Gauge (British) | Similar to British Imperial Standard Gauges, mainly used for English legal standard wire gauges and tubing. |
| USG | United States Standard Gauge (old) or U.S. Government Standard | Mainly used for stainless steel sheets |
| US | U.S. Steel Wire Gauge or Steel Wire or American Steel and Wire or Washburn & Moen's Gauge | Mainly used for steel wire, except for music wires |
| MSG | Manufacturers' Standard Gauge | Mainly used for uncoated steel sheets |
| GSG | Galvanized Iron | |
| AZG | American Zinc Gauge | |
| OTHERS | Paris Gauge / Westphalia Gauge |
(1) Is not Stubs' Steel Wire Gauge
