The basics of differentiating between various wire gauge wheels. This is a part 2 video about wire gauges / wire gauge wheels part 1 is here:    • Wire Gauge (Gage) Basics  measure no...  

At a glance, they look similar but are actually entirely different scales figuring out which one is right for your needs is important. This video dives a little deeper into a few of the more common wire gauge tools you might encounter and what they're actually for.

And often (unfortunately) many of these you'll encounter are probably NOT what you want I found many listings advertising falsely that they are measuring AWG or SWG, when they're actually something entirely different.

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Starrett #287 American Standard Wire Gage: https://amzn.to/36GeLAB

Starrett #188 English Standard Wire Gage: https://amzn.to/2UwUMOM

Stainless Steel sheet metal gauge (falsely described as SWG): https://amzn.to/3pwN1XG

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:25 American Wire Gauge (AWG)
04:03 Steel Wire Gauge (SWG) / Washburn & Moen
05:19 British Standard / Birmingham / Stubs
07:07 Stainless Steel Sheet Material Gauge (WTF)
10:00 Outro