It can be difficult when trying to work out beading wire length and bead wire size conversions. We have a few conversion guides here that we hope will help.
Round beads in a strand (appx guide)
2 mm
180
4 mm
102
6 mm
67
8 mm
50
10 mm
40
Hard Wire conversion chart (approximate guide)
Gauge A.W.G Brown & Sharpe
inch
mm
Gauge S.W.G
12
0.081
2.05
0.104
2.64
14
0.064
1.62
0.080
2.03
16
0.051
1.29
18
0.040
1.02
0.048
1.22
20
0.032
0.81
0.036
0.91
21
0.029
0.72
22
0.025
0.64
0.028
0.71
24
0.020
0.51
0.022
0.56
26
0.016
0.40
0.018
0.46
28
0.013
0.32
0.015
0.37
30
0.010
0.25
0.012
0.31
32
0.008
0.20
0.011
0.27
Flexible wire diameters apx
Inch
0.254
0.014
0.35
0.45
0.019
0.48
0.5
0.024
0.60
2
Length conversion
1” inch
2.5 cm
1 foot
12” inch
0.3048 meter
1 yard
3 foot
0.9144 meter
conversions provided by Crystal Flair
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