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.

How to sheet metal box. I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc. 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. 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.

Step 2 use the cutting torch to cut out each panel and then grind the edges smooth with the hand held grinder. 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. Now you will need to secure the corners with smaller pieces of metal.

Video tutorial includes cutting the sheetmetal template and bending the pieces on my 24 grizzly box pan b. Lay out the panels for your box on the sheet metal using the measuring tape and the permanent marker. Lay the bottom on the ground and weld the two ends on first. Measure the height of the box.

Follow simple steps to learn. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles. Ihope you find this interesting and got inspired by this.

Shielded metal arc welding with a borax flux covered rod normally. The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box.