How To Sheet Metal Box

Video tutorial includes cutting the sheetmetal template and bending the pieces on my 24 grizzly box pan b.

How to sheet metal box.

Lay the bottom on the ground and weld the two ends on first. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. 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. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc. Step 2 use the cutting torch to cut out each panel and then grind the edges smooth with the hand held grinder.

Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch. Shielded metal arc welding with a borax flux covered rod normally. 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. Follow simple steps to learn.

This is a basic tool project. A flat version of your box. Ihope you find this interesting and got inspired by this. Lay out the panels for your box on the sheet metal using the measuring tape and the permanent marker.

The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5. Now you will need to secure the corners with smaller pieces of metal.