How To Make A Small Sheet Metal Box

A flat version of your box.

How to make a small sheet metal box.

You ll want metal that s thick enough to make for a sturdy box but thin enough to bend. Custom cut metal boxes or trays are popular shapes our customers like us to form sheet metal into. Making a metal box 1. Measure your cuts and bends.

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. Layout line on your sheet metal to designate where you will be cutting and bending. Sheet metal box step 1.

I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles but be sure to line it up exactly on your lines. Custom cut metal box or tray just the way you need it. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc.

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. Be the metal aluminum stainless steel or carbon steel sheets or plates. Small metal box or large metal box made out of aluminum.

A typical box will have six panels total with opposite sides matching one another in length and width. Clamp the sheet metal to the. Making a mock up out of cheap material is always a good practice to have when building. A flat version of your box.

1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. The great thing is that there is practically no limits to how a metal box or tray should look like. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles. 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.

Cut the squares out. Before we begin we need a plan of action. Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch.