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Body Jewelry Gauge/Length Inch to Millimeter Conversion Charts

Submitted by Tribalectic Archives in Instructional Articles on November 21st, 2007
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Body jewelry can be measured in both inches and millimeters. The charts below show the various gauges and lengths in both inches and millimeters.
GaugeInchesMillimeters
0000.46011.684
000.41010.404
00.3659.266
0.3258.26
2.2576.54
4.2045.19
6.1624.12
8.1283.26
10.1022.59
12.0812.05
14.0641.63
16.0511.29
18.0401.02
20.032.812

InchesDecimal inchesMillimeters
1/8" (shortest).1253.2
3/16".18754.8
1/4".2506.4
5/16".31257.94
3/8".3759.5
7/16".437511.11
1/2".50012.7
9/16".562514.29
5/8".62515.9
11/16".687517.46
3/4".75019.0
13/16".812520.64
7/8".87522.2
15/16".937523.81
1"1.00025.4
1-1/4"1.2531.75
1-5/16"1.312533.34
1-3/8"1.37534.93
1-7/16"1.437536.51
1-1/2"1.538.1
1-9/16"1.562539.69
1-5/8"1.62541.28
1-11/16"1.687542.86
1-3/4"1.7544.45
1-13/16"1.812546.04
1-7/8"1.87547.63
1-15/16"1.937549.21
2" (longest)250.8

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Posted on November 20, 2009, 11:02 am

yes, this is a very helpful chart showing gauge/length. Thanks!

 
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Posted on November 28, 2009, 10:38 pm

A very good guide mate! I am an aspiring tattoo and piercing artist and this is very useful for me. Thanks.

 
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Wow! What a useful piece of information!

 
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