Roll of aluminum foil I have here mike's out at 0.001
John
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:38:39 GMT, "Leon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>How thick is Aluminum Foil that you use in the kitchen?
>
>
>"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I'd like to obtain a piece of steel or aluminum that's about .001x6x24
>> inches in dimension.
>>
>> Can you purchase such a thing? At a reasonable price? (ie. $20 or
>> less)
>>
>> JP
>
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> I'm not really sure where I got the flashing. It's been in my shop for about a
> year but I think I got it at either Home Depot or Ace Hardware. Maybe they don't
> make it that thin anymore, I don't know. Now, I'm curious. Next time I go to
> Ace or HD, I'll measure what they have in stock.
>
I just measured some I got from Home Depot or Lowes about a year ago.
It's 0.009 or a 0.01 with an HD fudge factor :-).
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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> I have a
> piece of that thin aluminum flashing from HD and I have
> aluminum foil. The flashing measures 0.011 inches (three
> places), aluminum foil (not heavy duty) measures 0.001 inches.
>
Mine was .009 so either HD has their usual quality control or I got mine
at Lowes :-).
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:48:57 -0500, Jay Pique <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I'd like to obtain a piece of steel or aluminum that's about .001x6x24
>inches in dimension.
>
>Can you purchase such a thing? At a reasonable price? (ie. $20 or
>less)
>
>JP
mcmaster.com search for "shim stock" they have as thin as .0005.
HTH,
Paul
OK, I went and measured it. According to my feeler gage and calipers, it is
.002 ", .05 mm. It came from Home Depot. I also measured the dollar bill folded
in half; your are right there.
"> I think it may be closer to .020". .001" is about the thickness of thin
> paper. IIRC a dollar bill folded in half is about .005" thick.
>
>
> "Bill Orr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Aluminum flashing is .002 in, I think. Is that too thick?available at
> > builder
> > supply houses. Comes in small rolls, 18" or 24"
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Bill Orr wrote:
> I measured the flashing again with different calipersand have to admit (red
> faced) that it is closer to .01 inches. My apologies to everyone.
>
> Bill
>
>
Damn you, it's 11:25 pm here and you spoiled my end year
jerk retort! After reading a bunch of this thread I thought
this would be a good time to go get my new Harbor Freight
set of micrometers and see what was going on. I have a
piece of that thin aluminum flashing from HD and I have
aluminum foil. The flashing measures 0.011 inches (three
places), aluminum foil (not heavy duty) measures 0.001 inches.
Don't feel bad. Wait till you get so old you start telling
everybody the snow was 4 feet deep every year when you were
a kid. So someone looks up the stats and finds out it
hasn't been more than 30 inches deep in the last 95 years.
"Bill Orr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> OK, I went and measured it. According to my feeler gage and calipers, it
> is
> .002 ", .05 mm. It came from Home Depot. I also measured the dollar bill
> folded
> in half; your are right there.
that sounds more like Aluminum Leaf....;~) I would not want to use that on
my roof.
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>, "Bill
Orr" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >OK, I went and measured it. According to my feeler gage and calipers, it
is
> >..002 ", .05 mm. It came from Home Depot.
>
> Aluminum flashing that's only two thou thick?
>
> What department at HD did that come from?
and what application is it sold for?
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:45:11 GMT, "Bill Orr"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Aluminum flashing is .002 in, I think. Is that too thick?available at builder
>supply houses. Comes in small rolls, 18" or 24"
It looks to be twice the thickness wanted I think.
In article <[email protected]>, "Bill Orr" <[email protected]> wrote:
>OK, I went and measured it. According to my feeler gage and calipers, it is
>..002 ", .05 mm. It came from Home Depot.
Aluminum flashing that's only two thou thick?
What department at HD did that come from?
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How thick is Aluminum Foil that you use in the kitchen?
"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'd like to obtain a piece of steel or aluminum that's about .001x6x24
> inches in dimension.
>
> Can you purchase such a thing? At a reasonable price? (ie. $20 or
> less)
>
> JP
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"Bill Orr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "BillyBob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > In article <[email protected]>, "Bill
> > Orr" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >OK, I went and measured it. According to my feeler gage and calipers, it
> > is
> > > >..002 ", .05 mm. It came from Home Depot.
> > >
> > > Aluminum flashing that's only two thou thick?
> > >
> > > What department at HD did that come from?
> >
> > and what application is it sold for?
>
> **
> Try Ace Hardware. www.acehardware.com
>
> They call it flashing. They call it .0101 ga but it measures
> .002 inches, about the same thickness of a sheet of
> 24 weight computer printing paper.
Correction:
I'm not really sure where I got the flashing. It's been in my shop for about a
year but I think I got it at either Home Depot or Ace Hardware. Maybe they don't
make it that thin anymore, I don't know. Now, I'm curious. Next time I go to
Ace or HD, I'll measure what they have in stock.
Bill
"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
> Mine was .009 so either HD has their usual quality control or I got mine
> at Lowes :-).
HD does quality control?
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:38:39 GMT, "Leon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>How thick is Aluminum Foil that you use in the kitchen?
Varies. It can be .25mm. 0.001" = .025mm
You'd have to pound it with a mallet, so for uniformity it's best to
go commercial as has been suggested.
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:48:57 -0500, Jay Pique <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I'd like to obtain a piece of steel or aluminum that's about .001x6x24
>inches in dimension.
>
>Can you purchase such a thing? At a reasonable price? (ie. $20 or
>less)
>
>JP
You can get a roll of .001 steel shim stock 6" x 100" roll for about
$7 + shipping at McMasterCarr item#9500K11. They have aluminum also
but the thinnest they have is .002
doug
In article <[email protected]>, "Bill Orr" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>I measured the flashing again with different calipersand have to admit (red
>faced) that it is closer to .01 inches. My apologies to everyone.
>
That makes a little more sense... ten thou qualifies as light-gauge flashing.
Two thou is foil. Thanks for the followup.
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I think it may be closer to .020". .001" is about the thickness of thin
paper. IIRC a dollar bill folded in half is about .005" thick.
"Bill Orr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Aluminum flashing is .002 in, I think. Is that too thick?available at
> builder
> supply houses. Comes in small rolls, 18" or 24"
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 18:20:01 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>HD does quality control?
>
Yeah, they want to make sure they don't have too much of it.
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> "Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>, "Bill
> Orr" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >OK, I went and measured it. According to my feeler gage and calipers, it
> is
> > >..002 ", .05 mm. It came from Home Depot.
> >
> > Aluminum flashing that's only two thou thick?
> >
> > What department at HD did that come from?
>
> and what application is it sold for?
**
Try Ace Hardware. www.acehardware.com
They call it flashing. They call it .0101 ga but it measures
.002 inches, about the same thickness of a sheet of
24 weight computer printing paper.