Traditional Building Materials - Table of Contents ................. Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Sheet metal / Pressed metal
Sheet metal: Metal formed into thin sheets from 0.006 inch to 0.249 inch thick, typically by rolling or hammering.
Foil or leaf: extremely thin thicknesses
Tin ceiling: tinplate with designs pressed into it
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Sheet metal Sheet metal is simply metal formed into thin and flat pieces. It is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking, and can be cut and bent into a variety of different shapes. Sheet metal is available as flat pieces or as a coiled strip. The coils are formed by running a continuous sheet of metal through a roll slitter. The thickness of the sheet metal is called its gauge. The gauge of sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 8 gauge. The higher the gauge, the thinner the metal is. There are many different metals that can be made into sheet metal, such as: aluminum, brass, copper, steel, tin, nickel and titanium. For decorative uses, important sheet metals include
silver, gold, and platinum. Sheet metal has applications in roofs for building. Historically, an important use of sheet metal was in plate armor worn by cavalry. |
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Illustration above: First Baptist Church of Newfane
- Hamburg Grange (Hamburg, NY) Facade
- Colonial Apartments Cornice
- E. L. Smith & Co. Building, 1389 Delaware Facade
Other examples:
- The Pedlar People Catalog
- 114 Main Street, Albion, NY Cornice
- 116 Main Street, Albion, NY Cornice
- Charleston, South Carolina Cornice
See also:
- Got Mesker? Includes links to 1904 and 1906 catalogs
