A standard earring is usually 20 gauge. Most body piercing jewelry manufacturers including us use the brown and sharpe wire gauge also known as the american wire gauge to indicate the wire thickness.
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Body jewelry measurement guide. They come in many variations shapes and sizes but the same measuring rule applies. Use the chart below to visualize or measure the thickness of your jewelry. Inside diameter for rings. Simply lay your jewelry on the diagrams below to determine the accurate size. For an immediate response please call us. You can measure gauge with our dial calipers.
Thickness of body jewelry length. Thickness length ball size color and how to measure body jewelry get in touch with us. Every body jewelry size chart real life size chart for body jewelry. Captive bead rings are measured from the largest inside diameter. This chart is a reference guide for measuring dierent types of body jewelry and includes common measurements for lengths and diameters ball sizes and gauge. We will respond to your query within 24 48 business hours.
Remember the bigger the number the smaller the wire thickness. Captive bead rings are also known as cbrs bcrs and ball captive rings. So 20ga is the smallest gauge we sell and 2ga is much thicker. The higher the gauge number the smaller the wire is. Jewelry gaugessizes can vary between manufacturers. There is no universal regulation on companies to make a standard size in body jewelry.
An example item at tribalectic archived march 4 2016 at the wayback machine. Inside length between balls for barbells doesnt include the posts on externally threaded jewelry diameter. 25mm 2mm 15mm 22 gauge5mm 20 gauge8mm 18 gauge 1mm 16 gauge 12mm 14 gauge 16mm 12 gauge 2mm 10 gauge 24mm 8 gauge 3mm 6 gauge 4mm 4 gauge 5mm 2 gauge 6mm 0 gauge 8mm 00 gauge 10mm do not measure on the computer screen. Jewelry is measured through a gauge system see chart below. Always measure the largest inside diameter of the circle. Chart must be printed to be accurate.
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