Be the metal aluminum stainless steel or carbon steel sheets or plates.
Best way to make a sheet metal box.
The great thing is that there is practically no limits to how a metal box or tray should look like.
A flat version of your box.
Making a mock up out of cheap material is always a good practice to have when building.
1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc.
Weld the front and back onto.
I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc.
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Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles.
How to make a sheet metal box step 1.
Plan the dimensions of your box according to its job.
If you can t visualize how the flat pattern for a box should.
Custom cut metal box or tray just the way you need it.
Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch.
Sheet metal box step 1.
Before we begin we need a plan of action.
Custom cut metal boxes or trays are popular shapes our customers like us to form sheet metal into.
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.
Video tutorial includes cutting the sheetmetal template and bending the pieces on my 24 grizzly box pan b.