Best Way To Make A Sheet Metal Box

Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch.

Best way to make a 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. Video tutorial includes cutting the sheetmetal template and bending the pieces on my 24 grizzly box pan b. How to make a sheet metal box step 1. Before we begin we need a plan of action.

A flat version of your box. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles. Small metal box or large metal box made out of aluminum. Making a mock up out of cheap material is always a good practice to have when building.

Use the cutting torch to cut out each panel and then grind the edges smooth with the hand held grinder. Custom cut metal boxes or trays are popular shapes our customers like us to form sheet metal into. This is a basic tool project. If you can t visualize how the flat pattern for a box should.

I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc. Be the metal aluminum stainless steel or carbon steel sheets or plates. A typical box will have six panels total with opposite. Plan the dimensions of your box according to its job.

The great thing is that there is practically no limits to how a metal box or tray should look like. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. Ihope you find this interesting and got inspired by this.