How To Sheet Metal Box

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How to sheet metal box.

I have a graph paper drawing in the pics below but its not for this box 2 trace your template on to your piece of sheet metal as pictured i suggest 20 22 gauge steel 3 cut your piece into the same shape as template. I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc. This is a basic tool project. Shielded metal arc welding with a borax flux covered rod normally.

1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5. Lay out the panels for your box on the sheet metal using the measuring tape and the permanent marker. The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box.

Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles. Video tutorial includes cutting the sheetmetal template and bending the pieces on my 24 grizzly box pan b. Measure the height of the box. Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch.

A flat version of your box. Cut four strips of metal each long enough to reach from the bottom to the top of the box and wide enough to be bent in half and secured usually about an inch or so on each side so 2 3 inches total width. Lay the bottom on the ground and weld the two ends on first. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal.

Follow simple steps to learn. To make things easy for my students i designed our classroom box so it would be able to work on the size of a standard 8 5 x 11 piece of paper.