Design Sheet Metal Tool Box Plans

1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc.

Design sheet metal tool box plans.

It is easier to cut off a 4 x 12 strip if you have a 12 x 12 sheet first then cut two 3 1 2 pieces from that strip. Make the five box panels using a jigsaw and a bosch t227d aluminum saw blade. This is the last sheet metal project i assign in my level one manufacturing class. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles.

The sides will be 3 x 3 but we add 1 2 tabs on three sides. I like this project because it makes the students re. 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. Crosscut the four supports from a length of l shaped aluminum.

Sheet metal tool tray. This is the first multiple part project my students work with in class that they will have to assemble together. The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box. Bends have radius sheet has thickness and tools need space to access a bend.

When laying out a simple box with tabs the tabs will meet the perpendicular face of the next side when folded up to 90 degrees so when you are folding your tabs measure in from the edge of the material the. A flat version of your box. So mark out two 4 x 3 1 2 sections of sheet metal and cut it in the metal shear. 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.

We start the box by making its sides.