How To Sheet Metal Box

Step 2 use the cutting torch to cut out each panel and then grind the edges smooth with the hand held grinder.

How to sheet metal box.

Lay out the panels for your box on the sheet metal using the measuring tape and the permanent marker. 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. Shielded metal arc welding with a borax flux covered rod normally. Follow simple steps to learn.

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. Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch. Lay the bottom on the ground and weld the two ends on first.

Video tutorial includes cutting the sheetmetal template and bending the pieces on my 24 grizzly box pan b. The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop. Now you will need to secure the corners with smaller pieces of metal.

The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box. I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc. Ihope you find this interesting and got inspired by this. Measure the height of the box.

This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles.