How To Sheet Metal Box

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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. Ihope you find this interesting and got inspired by this. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. Shielded metal arc welding with a borax flux covered rod normally.

Lay out the panels for your box on the sheet metal using the measuring tape and the permanent marker. I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc. 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. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop.

Now you will need to secure the corners with smaller pieces of metal. A flat version of your 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. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal.

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. This is a basic tool project. Lay the bottom on the ground and weld the two ends on first. The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5.

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.