How To Sheet Metal Box

Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch.

How to sheet metal box.

Now you will need to secure the corners with smaller pieces of metal. Measure the height of the box. 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.

Ihope you find this interesting and got inspired by this. The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5. A flat version of your box. The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box.

This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles. Step 2 use the cutting torch to cut out each panel and then grind the edges smooth with the hand held grinder. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc.

I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc. 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. 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. Shielded metal arc welding with a borax flux covered rod normally.

Follow simple steps to learn. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop.