Gauge

n den USA verwendete Maßeinheit. Damit wird die Größe eines Piercings bzw. die Stärke von Schmuck oder Nadeln bezeichnet. In Europa werden die Maße in Millimetern angegeben.

Millimeter zu (Inches) Gauge:
1mm ≈ (5/128″) 18ga
1,2mm ≈ (3/64″) 16ga
1,6mm ≈ (2/32″) 14ga
2mm ≈ (5/64″) 12ga
2,4mm ≈ (3/32″) 10ga
3,2mm ≈ (1/8″) 8ga
4mm ≈ (5/32″) 6ga
5mm ≈ (3/16″) 4ga
6mm ≈ (1/4″) 3ga
7mm ≈ (9/32″) 2ga
8mm ≈ (10/32″) 0ga
10mm ≈ (3/8″) 00ga
12mm ≈ (15/32″) 0000ga

Inches zu Millimenter:
1/2″ = 12,7mm
9/16″ = 14,3mm
5/8″ = 15,9mm
11/16″ = 17,5mm
3/4″ = 19,1mm
13/16″ = 20,6mm
7/8″ = 22,2mm
15/16″ = 23,8mm
1″ = 25,4mm

Gauge zu Millimeter:
18ga = 1,02362mm
16ga = 1,290828mm
14ga = 1,627632mm
12ga = 2,052574mm
10ga = 2,58826mm
8ga = 3,2639mm
6ga = 4,1148mm
4ga = 5,18922mm
2ga = 6,54304mm
0ga = 8,25246mm
00ga = 9,26592mm
000ga = 10,40384mm
0000ga = 11,68400mm