How To Sheet Metal Box

Shielded metal arc welding with a borax flux covered rod normally.

How to sheet metal box.

The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the 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. Measure the height of the box. This is a basic tool project.

Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop. 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. I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc.

A flat version of your box. Now you will need to secure the corners with smaller pieces of metal. 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. 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.

Follow simple steps to learn. 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. Lay the bottom on the ground and weld the two ends on first.

This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch.