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Author: Dee DeeDee Dee Date: Aug 4, 2008 08:35
Gauge of stainless steel is something I should probably have
considered when I bought a ss prepping table in June since I had been
alerted to gauges in the purchase of a kitchen sink not that long ago.
This table some similar in appearance and somewhat more expensive on
line (probably not that much though considering inflation, and s&h was
included) than one I had purchased in the warehouse previously, so I
figured they would be the similar. The design was the same and did
not include some hooks on the side.
When it was put together one could see and hear immediately the
difference between the two. It would BANG when walking by just by
jiggling the table whereas the other one would not. If I put down a
dish it would reverberate or resonate, echo for some time, almost like
flapping a big piece of aluminum in the wind.
I do wonder if ss could be 18 gauge and it be made a thinner 18 gauge,
or is 18 gauge 'always' a certain thickness. If so, this must've been
20+ :-))
I don't recall the gauge as being listed on the site, perhaps it
was.
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Author: WillWill Date: Aug 4, 2008 13:41
On Aug 4, 10:35 am, Dee Dee shentel.net> wrote:
> When it was put together one could see and hear immediately the
> difference between the two. It would BANG when walking by just by
> jiggling the table whereas the other one would not. If I put down a
> dish it would reverberate or resonate, echo for some time...
Did you adjust the levelers? Even if it has castors, it still has
levelers and if the table is not leveled it will be noisy.
Look near the bottom of each leg, you should see a nut attached to a
threaded bolt that rotates to adjust the length of the leg.
Also... you must level the legs BEFORE you install all of the
peripheral stuff, like shelves, drawers, etc... otherwise they
interfere with the process (and will not be level themselves).
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Author: Dee DeeDee Dee Date: Aug 4, 2008 13:52
On Aug 4, 4:41 pm, Will gmail.com> wrote:> On Aug 4, 10:35 am, Dee Dee shentel.net> wrote:
>>> When it was put together one could see and hear immediately the
>> difference between the two. It would BANG when walking by just by
>> jiggling the table whereas the other one would not. If I put down a
>> dish it would reverberate or resonate, echo for some time...
>
> Did you adjust the levelers? Even if it has castors, it still has
> levelers and if the table is not leveled it will be noisy.
>
> Look near the bottom of each leg, you should see a nut attached to a
> threaded bolt that rotates to adjust the length of the leg.
>
> Also... you must level the legs BEFORE you install all of the
> peripheral stuff, like shelves, drawers, etc... otherwise they
> interfere...
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Author: jt augustjt august Date: Aug 4, 2008 17:08
> I do wonder if ss could be 18 gauge and it be made a thinner 18 gauge,
> or is 18 gauge 'always' a certain thickness. If so, this must've been
> 20+ :-))
As a machinist, I can speak with some level of so-called expertise on
this one. The Gauge of a metal is a measurement, and so cannot be
thinned and retain said gauge. The thickness of a given steel varies by
which form of steel is being measured. In the case of Stainless,
18-gauge measures .050, or "fifty thousandths," as a machinist or
metallurgist would say it.
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Author: Dee DeeDee Dee Date: Aug 4, 2008 18:29
On Aug 4, 8:08 pm, jt august wrote:
>> I do wonder if ss could be 18 gauge and it be made a thinner 18 gauge,
>> or is 18 gauge 'always' a certain thickness. If so, this must've been
>> 20+ :-))
>
> As a machinist, I can speak with some level of so-called expertise on
> this one. The Gauge of a metal is a measurement, and so cannot be
> thinned and retain said gauge. The thickness of a given steel varies by
> which form of steel is being measured. In the case of Stainless,
> 18-gauge measures .050, or "fifty thousandths," as a machinist or
> metallurgist would say it.
>
> Now this thickness is the thickness of the metal prior to pressing. The
> punch press process will result in controlled distortions of the metal
> and that will in turn lead to portions of the metal getting thinner, but
> this is not in the way you were concerned with. The flat, top surface ...
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Author: Wayne BoatwrightWayne Boatwright Date: Aug 4, 2008 18:43
On Mon 04 Aug 2008 05:08:24p, jt august told us...
>> I do wonder if ss could be 18 gauge and it be made a thinner 18 gauge...
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Author: jt augustjt august Date: Aug 6, 2008 16:27
In article ,
Wayne Boatwright cox.net> wrote:
> This was a very good explanation. Thanks for posting it.
Ne rien. I'm a machinist who loves to cook.
jt
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