Best Way To Make A Sheet Metal Box

Be the metal aluminum stainless steel or carbon steel sheets or plates.

Best way to make a sheet metal box.

Before we begin we need a plan of action. 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 a basic tool project. Custom cut metal box or tray just the way you need it.

Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch. Video tutorial includes cutting the sheetmetal template and bending the pieces on my 24 grizzly box pan b. If you can t visualize how the flat pattern for a box should. The great thing is that there is practically no limits to how a metal box or tray should look like.

Small metal box or large metal box made out of aluminum. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. Plan the dimensions of your box according to its job. Custom cut metal boxes or trays are popular shapes our customers like us to form sheet metal into.

Ihope you find this interesting and got inspired by this. Use the cutting torch to cut out each panel and then grind the edges smooth with the hand held grinder. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles. Weld the front and back onto.

A typical box will have six panels total with opposite. Sheet metal box step 1. Making a mock up out of cheap material is always a good practice to have when building.